Openness and Intellectual Property Policy

Note to readers: I have been going through my blog and finding old blog posts that I had not published. This post was written in 2015 (I need to find the exact date), when I was working at Wits, but I have only published it now (August 2024).     It’s easy to talk about sharing …

Educational Futures (F1)

George, on his blog, asked “What are your reactions, thoughts, and feelings” to this educational futures scenario. Tried to post my reply in his blog comments, but got a technical error. So here is my blogged reply. Future 1: The year is 2033. In the decade following the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education has increasingly become …

Learner Persona

If you would like to create a personalized e-learning experience, then consider the traits, background, level of expertise of a particular online learner. Persona’s give us the opportunity to understand our students, their behaviours, address their concerns and support their learning. Some course sites are conversational and enjoyable. They seem to be designed with real …