I launched Online Learning Insights (OLI) in 2012 as a place to share my research and observations about online education. It has evolved into a valued and credible source for hundreds of education professionals from over 90 countries. Readers in higher education and K-12 have shared OLI posts within their networks and their contributions have led to rich and robust discussion within OLI’s comments, on Twitter, and on Google+, making OLI a place for learning and growth.
Selection of institutions using OLI as a resource:
- Online Learning Consortium Instructional series, “New to Online: The Essentials”
- Rasmussen College, Faculty Teaching Series, “Fostering Presence: The Human Element and The Community of Inquiry Framework”
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Faculty Resources for Teaching Online
- Macquarie University, Resources for Faculty
- Idaho Digital Learning Initiative, Resource for Educators
- Oregon State University, Resources for Faculty
Selection of articles where Online Learning Insights is included:
- “Using the LMS a Social Network in a Supersized Course”, EDUCAUSE, Sidneyeve Matrix, (para. 7)
- “Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning” in the The New Horizon Report 2014, New Media Consortium, (p. 10)
- “Putting the U in MOOCs: The Importance of Usability in MOOC Design” by Heather Noel Young, chapter featured in The Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promise and Perils of Massive Open Online Course, (p. 167)
For further information about me you can visit debbiemorrison.net. I work with higher education and K-12 institutions to develop, improve and enhance learning experiences for students and instructors.
- You can follow OLI on Twitter @OnlineLearningI
- Several of my slide share projects and seminars about online learning can be found on SlideShare.
- Other places on I’m on the Web: Google+, Linked In, Goodreads
Hi Debbie, It’s really great to stumble upon your blog today! It’s very resourceful and insightful. Will surely be dropping by.
Best
Lawan
Thanks for reading!
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Hello Debbie,
I am currently working as an Education Technology Intern for CutureWorks English as a Second Language Inc. We are working on a Project called Patha Learning – a Project-Based Online Learning program aimed at allowing faculty to accelerate in English fluency. I was wondering if you could give me some tips!? I want to know who is using online training? As our current generations become more and more involved with social media, does online training become aimed at a younger crowd, or is this only allowing companies like ours to expand into different ages of people? Just looking to get some more information from someone who has experience in the field.
Thanks,
Marga
Hi Marga,
There are several platforms that are offering language training for second language learners. A few you may want to check out are, http://www.babbel.com/?locale=en, (which also offers an app as well as web based instruction), also University of Arizona has an online program for English as a second language http://www.cesl.arizona.edu/content/online-program. Also of interest, FutureLearn a MOOC platform has enrolled over 70,000 students https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-english-language-culture. Hope that helps!
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Hello Debbie,
I am online education enthusiast and a big fan of coursera. I wonder if you ever stumbled upon iversity.org and futurelearn.com – European MOOC providers. I took several courses from both that appeared skillfully-desgined and balanced in regards to content.
Do you think they can grow and pose a competition to leading US platforms? I wonder what is actual user base of this platforms and where do they plan to expand, Is European market ready for new MOOCs?
Regards,
Janosz
Hello Debbie –
I stumbled upon your blog when I was searching out information on MOOCs. I recently designed a MOOC formatted course for the training of online faculty and offered it to a pilot group of our instructors. I found the process of writing a MOOC difficult and will need to rewrite the course to include authentic materials and video content. Its a work in progress and we’ll try again in February.
I referenced your posting “The Making of a MOOC” in my lessons learned report. Thank you for the information – it helped to read that many hours are put in to MOOC development.
Would you have an interest in reviewing the course I wrote?
Hi Janet,
I am glad you found my blog and that you found it helpful! Yes I would be interested in reviewing your course. Here is an email address to use morrison6@sbcglobal.net. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Debbie
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Hi. Is there a list of your blog posts by title that I’m not finding? That could be useful…
HI Ilan, Thanks for your interest. I just added two options for searching for blog posts – you can search by ‘category’ from the drop down menu found on the right hand side of the blog main page, or from ‘archives’ which, when clicked list all posts by a given month. Hope that helps and thanks for the suggestion. Debbie
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