Dr Wayne Mackintosh is founding director of the OER Foundation, UNESCO / ICDE Chair in OER and coordinator of the OERu, the Open Education Resources universitas. Wayne’s impressive commitment to openness in all its forms – especially open education – is based on a rich background in distance and online learning.
Dr Wayne Holmes started as a teacher, film-maker and head of research for an education charity, before moving into academia. His interests in the learning sciences and innovation has led to him researching the application of AI in education and to critical reviews of how education might be enhanced. We talked in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University UK.
Artificial Intelligence in Education. Promise and the Implications for Teaching and Learning. Holmes, Bialik and Fadel (forthcoming)
Holmes, W. (2017). Digital-games based learning. Time to adoption: two to three years? In K. Sheehy & A. Holliman (Eds.), Education and New Technologies: Perils and Promises for Learners (pp. 196–212). London: Routledge.
du Boulay, B., Poulovassilis, A., Holmes, W., & Mavrikis, M. (2018). What does the research say about how Artificial Intelligence and can Big Data close the achievement gap? In R. Luckin (Ed.), Enhancing Learning and Teaching with Technology (pp. 316–327). London: Institute of Education Press.
Professor Allison Littlejohn is a well-published and project-grounded expert in online education. Her emphasis on learning draws on a rich understanding of adult education and industry-based practice. We talked in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University.
Dr Patrina Law is a researcher and practitioner of open learning, and so has an informed perspective on the dynamics of open education and the characteristics of open learners. Patrina talks in particular about the development of OpenLearn. We talked in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University.
Distinguished University Professor Paul A. Kirschner has a background in education, educational design, and educational psychology, which he draws on to critique and promote sound instruction in online education. Paul has a clear and important message for those seeking to teach well (effectively, efficiently, enjoyably) in online settings.
Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller & Richard E. Clark (2006) Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching, Educational Psychologist, 41:2, 75-86, DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep4102_1
Jos Fransen, Armin Weinberger & Paul A. Kirschner (2013) Team Effectiveness and Team Development in CSCL, Educational Psychologist, 48:1, 9-24, DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2012.747947
Karel Kreijns, Paul A. Kirschner & Marjan Vermeulen (2013) Social Aspects of CSCL Environments: A Research Framework, Educational Psychologist, 48:4, 229-242, DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2012.750225
Paul A. Kirschner & Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer (2013) Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education, Educational Psychologist, 48:3, 169-183, DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2013.804395
Paul A. Kirschner, Paul Ayres & Paul Chandler (2010) Contemporary cognitive load theory research: The good, the bad and the ugly. Computers in Human Behavior, 27:1, 99-105, DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.025
Paul A. Kirschner & Aryn C. Karpinski (2010) Facebook® and academic performance. Computers in Human Behavior, 26:6, 1237-1245, DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.03.024
Other published works (for purchase)
Pedro De Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner, Casper D. Hulshof (2015). Urban Myths about Learning and Education (1st Edition). Academic Press. Available from Elsevier or Amazon.
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer & Paul A. Kirschner (Editor) (2017). Ten Steps to Complex Learning (3rd Edition). Routledge. Available from Amazon.
Jan-Willem Strijbos, Paul A. Kirschner & Rob L. Martens (Eds.) (2004). What We Know About CSCL And Implementing It In Higher Education. Springer. Available from Springer.
Paul A. Kirschner, Simon J. Buckingham-Shum, & Chad S. Carr (Eds.) (2003). Visualizing Argumentation Software Tools for Collaborative and Educational Sense-Making. Springer. Available from Springer.
Professor Peter Taylor is making the most of online education as an organic chemist. His story reveals how computer assisted learning has changed his practice over the years, and the timeless value of taking an educational approach. We talked in the Jennie Lee building at The Open University UK.
Emeritus Professor Terry Anderson has contributed a great deal to online education theory and is an active promoter of scholarship. His interactional equivalence theorem and involvement with the Community of Inquiry framework make him a genuine leader & legend of online learning. We talked via Skype.
Zawacki-Richter, O., & Anderson, T. (eds., 2014). Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda. AU Press. Free online PDF available from http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120233.
Articles
Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2011). Three generations of distance education pedagogy. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 12(3), 80-97. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i3.890.
Associate Professor Maha Bali is an active critic and enthusiastic supporter of online learning. Her work with Virtually Connecting and Equity Unbound are examples of her dedication to improving access and openness online. Maha has an important perspective on online education that I’m certain will inform and challenge you.
Bali, M., & Caines, A. (2018). A call for promoting ownership, equity and agency in faculty development via connected learning. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0128-8
Bali, M., Caines, A., DeWaard, H., & Hogue, R. (2016, December). Ethos and Practice of a Connected Learning Movement: Interpreting Virtually Connecting Through Alignment with Theory and Survey Results. Online Learning Journal, 20(4). Retrieved from https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/965/247
Bali, M. (2017, January 31). There is More Than One Story To Be Told About Muslims in Trump’s America. The Conversation, republished 4 times, including Huffington Post
Bali, M., Awwad, A., Hassib, F., Halawa, F., Khalifa, J., Serougy, F. (2019). Global Citizenship Education in a Digital Age: A Collaborative Autoethnography. In J. Dorio, E. Abdou and N. Moheyddin (eds). The Struggle for Citizenship Education in Egypt: (Re)Imagining Subjects and Citizens. Routledge: New York, NY and Oxon, UK.
Bali, M. (2018). The Unbearable Whiteness of the Digital. In D. Kim and J. Stommel (eds). Disrupting Digital Humanities. Punctum Books.
Bali, M., & Mostafa, H. (2018). Listen Carefully and You Will Hear: Using Creative Multimodal Assessments to Promote Student Expression. In S. Khadka & J. C. Lee (eds). Designing and Implementing Multimodal Curricula and Programs. Routledge.
Bali, M. (2015). A new scholar’s perspective on open peer review. Teaching in Higher Education, 20(8), pp. 857-863. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2015.1085857 (Available open access)
Dr Irwin DeVries has had an extensive career including heading up Thompson Rivers University’s Open Learning Division. Irwin shares what makes him tick, and how the phrase “think student” has shaped his innovation and practice. Irwin is a long-standing advocate of open education and has a rich perspective on technology enhanced learning. He is a recipient of the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education. We talked via Skype.
Professor Laura Czerniewicz is internationally renowned for her work addressing inequality, open education and digital access. Laura has a broad interest in applying these themes to all areas of higher education.
