Sheila’s work blog

I’ve just returned from a fascinating fact-finding mission to the US on OER and online/distance learning. Spending time with colleagues from MIT, CMU, NSF and University of Maryland University College gave us an invaluable opportunity to gain insights into their experiences, attitudes and business/educational models for distance/online learning and their experiences of being involved with [...]

Summer is the time for festivals, and at the OU in Milton Keynes this week there was a bit of learning design festival spanning the first three days of the week. In conjunction with the LAMS European Conference on Tuesday there were a couple of fringe events. On Monday there was a pedagogical [...]