Online Learning News - March 18, 2020

Going online for the first time as a result of COVID-19?
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University College of the North, Manitoba, Canada 

Discover how University College of the North in Manitoba, Canada uses various combinations of on-campus teaching, videoconferencing, web conferencing and asynchronous use of the learning management system for the delivery of its programs and courses to serve a population of just under 90,000 inhabitants in an area more than 20 per cent larger than Germany. 

Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Latest Blog Post

Read Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates’ latest blog post:

Advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus

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Must-Read Books on Online Learning features books and articles of interest to those involved in the expansion and improvement of online learning. 

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Call for Proposals for Distance Education Special Issue 

Re-Imagining Assessment in Online and Distributed Learning 

Publication April/May 2021

Editors
Dianne Conrad (Athabasca University, Canada), Gabi Witthaus (University of Birmingham, UK)

Scope 
This special issue of Distance Education will engage scholars, researchers, teachers, instructional designers and learners in a discussion of online assessment. We invite proposals from a wide range of related interests and from various research paradigms. Your theoretical, conceptual, and research-based submissions are welcomed, including but not limited to the following topics:

• Innovations in online assessment: what works?
• Peer assessment: the opportunities and the challenges
• Changing views on the nature of assessment
• Vehicles for valid MOOC assessments
• Assessment tools for micro-credentials
• Recognition of micro-credentials
• New approaches to assessment; new approaches to qualifications?
• Automated assessment solutions – useful?
• Designing authentic assessment
• Undertaking effective assessment at scale
• Philosophical approaches to assessment
• Strategies for effective online assessment
• Assessing online participation:  yea or nay?
• The online discussion forum as an assessment vehicle
• Moving from teacher-centered to learning-centered assessment
• The influence of learning analytics on assessment
• Fostering and developing students’ feedback literacy

Your one-page proposal (Word, 12-pt font) should include statements of purpose and rationale, and methodology (if relevant). Submit your proposals to [email protected]. Deadline for Submission of Proposals is June 1, 2020.