Produce Your Online Programs In-house
April 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Opinion Produce Your Online Programs In-house Dear Reader, A lot of university schools and departments around the World are struggling with going online – this time with whole programs. This is understandable. Its not a trivial thing to do. Quite apart from the technological aspects of producing, delivering and […]
Open Source Quality Assurance event open for registration
CAPDM is presenting at an?OpenQAsS Erasmus+ event on Wednesday 03?May 2017 in Stirling The event is free to anyone with an interest in the Quality Assurance process. Please register on the College Development Website?to secure your space. Overview Introduction to OpenQAsS? Open Source Quality Assurance System ? an Erasmus+ Project OpenQAsS is a European project […]
2017
A new European project partnership “Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0” was accepted for funding with 98/100 content assessment. We licensed Courseworker to the University of London and began co-development of the new QMU MBA programme and PGCert courses. We were awarded a public tender for a proof-of-concept project to host and support a new […]
Online Production Managers: An Old Model Re-invented
February 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Discussion Partner for Capability… and Profit. Dear Reader, Many universities struggling with diversifying into online and blended learning decide to have a corporate ‘partner’ basically build their products and business for them. This approach may have a short term appeal, but not in the longer term in CAPDM’s experience. […]
Integrating publisher texts into your online pedagogy and delivery
January 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Discussion Integrating publisher texts into your online pedagogy and delivery Dear Reader, In “Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing for 21st Century Learning” (Routledge 2013), Beetham & Sharpe argue that “pedagogy is about guiding learning, rather than leaving you to finding your own way – our digital native […]
What is the main barrier to developing a sustainable business on online education?
December Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM?Discussion What is the main barrier to developing a sustainable business on online education? Dear Reader, As 2016 draws to a conclusion we all tend to look back to see what has been achieved over the year. For CAPDM, now in its 21st year of operation, there has been one or […]
The future is digital, but still some way off
November Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM?Discussion The future is digital, but still some way off Dear Reader, Last week I was in Hong Kong, where everyone on the metro and buses seemed to be glued to their mobile device screens, and to a level above what I see daily on my commute to work in Edinburgh. […]
eLearning in Higher Education – A Quality Assurance Free Zone?
October?Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM?Discussion eLearning in Higher Education – A Quality Assurance Free Zone? Dear Reader, Sometimes when you read the words of an industry commentator you come across statements that absolutely chime with your own experience. Such was the case when we read this article in ?Higher Education Management? – a strategy and innovation […]
Personalised Learning… Or Not?
September Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Strength Personalising Learning Dear Reader, CAPDM has been promoting and developing online education for over 20 years. At the heart of everything we do is a richness of content, and mechanisms for feedback and personalisation of delivery. You can see how we approach this cognitive richness and personalisation in this?Look.Book?publication. […]
Recreating the Future
Dear Reader, Recreating the Future The Sermon on the Mount was an exercise in moral teaching, not online learning, but it contained many a lesson relevant to today. Recall the parable of the ?The Wise and Foolish Builders? (Matthew 7:24-26) ?Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like […]