Abstract for our talk for "What schools can learn from virtual schools (and online universities)" for the EDEN DLE 2024 Annual Conference "Learning in the Age of AI: Towards Imaginative Futures", to be held in Graz, Austria, 16-18 June 2024.
Special Issue of the journal “Education Sciences” on “Virtual Schools” – call for papers
The Special Issue of the MDPI Journal "Education Sciences" aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and virtual school teachers. Its full title is “Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education” (Guest Editors: Paul Bacsich, Sara de Freitas and Bieke Schreurs). The deadline for submissions is now 1 October 2024.
AI&OER Developments in UK K-12 Education
Slides for my presentation during OER Week (7 March 2024) for the National eLearning Center webinar "The Future of Open Education: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities"
Credit transfer for online masters programmes
The topics of credit transfer between academic programmes and Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) before studying a new programme have a growing literature, the more so with the recent explosive growth of interest in microcredentials - however, few of the many papers on the topics focus on the situation for postgraduate programmes. Yet the development … Continue reading Credit transfer for online masters programmes
Digital Learning Book Chapter
Coming soon! A short book chapter written by Paul Bacsich and Charlotte Doody on “Trends and Issues of Digital Learning in the United Kingdom”, looking at blended and online learning in schools. Look out for this in the next two months as part of a larger publication, a multi-chapter book, from the National Taiwan Normal … Continue reading Digital Learning Book Chapter
Special Issue “Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned”
Special Issue of the MDPI journal "Education Sciences" on "Virtual Schools" (online K-12 providers) Authors are invited to submit research articles to this Special Issue. The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2024. This Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools in order to serve as a comprehensive resource for … Continue reading Special Issue “Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned”
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Relaunch – Virtual Education Wiki
Visit the wiki: http://openeducation.wiki/wiki/Main_Page This week sees the official relaunch of the Virtual Education Wiki on March 9th. Matic Media is excited to re-engage the Wiki community and begin building upon the latest information the wiki holds. The wiki is devoted to virtual learning in education - at all levels (schools, colleges and universities) … Continue reading Relaunch – Virtual Education Wiki
Happy New Year for 2022 including education
As I write this based in the UK in early January 2022 here like in many other countries we are wrestling with the issues caused by the rise of the Omicron variant of Covid. Yet one can be reasonably optimistic at present that 2022 will be a bit closer to what used to be called … Continue reading Happy New Year for 2022 including education
Distance learning data collection and enrollment patterns in Australia, UK, and USA – and Canada?
There is a very interesting article from OBHE, the Observatory for Borderless Higher Education, on distance learning enrollments in Australia, UK, and USA - featured on their front page. This looks at enrollments and the split between domestic and international students in a way maybe familiar to those used to HESA statistical tables. The full article is … Continue reading Distance learning data collection and enrollment patterns in Australia, UK, and USA – and Canada?
Opening up learning 