055 Dr Lorraine Carter

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Dr. Lorraine Carter is Director of McMaster University Continuing Education. She is an award-winning online educator with an emphasis on instructional design, and has an extensive publication history. Lorraine’s commitment to teamwork, focus on education as cultivation, and track record make her a true leader of online learning.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/055-Lorraine-Carter-Final.mp3 | recorded March 2021

Lorraine’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorrainecartermcmastercce/

Nominated works (free to access):

Carter, L. Building social capital into your CE programs. https://evolllution.com/programming/program_planning/building-social-capital-into-your-ce-programs
Carter, L. & Janes, D. (Accepted March 2021 for publication in Fall 2021). Linking the past, present, and future of Canada’s university continuing education units: A conceptual paper for post-pandemic times. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. Will be available at: https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae
Janes, D.P. & Carter, L.M. (2020). Empowering techno-resiliency and practical learning among teachers: Leveraging a community of practice model using Microsoft Teams. In Ferdig, R.E., Baumgartner, E., Hartshorne, R., Kaplan-Rakowski, R. & Mouza, C. (Eds). Teaching, technology, and teacher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stories from the field. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 265-273. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/216903/
Carter, L. M., Hanna, M., & Warry, W. (2016). Perceptions of the impact of online learning as a distance-based learning model on the professional practices of working nurses in Northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 42(3). Available at: https://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/27472
Carter, L.M., Salyers, V. Myers, S., Hipfner, C., Hoffart, C., MacLean, C., White, K., Matus, T., Forssman, V. & Barrett, P. (2014). Qualitative insights from a Canadian multi-institutional research study: In search of meaningful e-learning. Canadian Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning/La revue canadienne sur l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage, 5(1). Available at: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjsotl_rcacea/article/view/6942

Nominated works (may require purchase):

Carter, L., & Carter, A. (2021). Serving adult learners from international backgrounds: Duty of care, student success, and approaches to learning. In J. Keengwe. (Ed.). Handbook of research on innovations in non-traditional educational practices. (pp.107-131). IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/serving-adult-learners-from-international-backgrounds-at-two-canadian-universities/266512
Carter, L. M., & Salyers, V. (2015). Active learning in the e-learning environment: The role of HIDI. In J. Keengwe (Ed.). Handbook of research on educational technology integration and active learning. (pp.78-113). IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-educational-technology-integration/123117

McMaster Continuing Education: https://www.mcmastercce.ca/

054 Dr Mark Milliron

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054 Dr Mark Milliron

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Dr Mark Milliron has an extensive career across distance and online education. He serves as Senior Vice President and Executive Dean of the Teachers College for Western Governors University, the largest non-profit online, competency-based university in the world. He is in United States Distance Learning Association’s Hall of Fame, and has received recognition as an innovator and influencer in education technology. His interest in digital education spans three decades of practice.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/055-Mark-Milliron-Final.mp3 | recorded January 2021

Mark’s online profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmilliron/ (see also http://markmilliron.com/)

Publications (free to access): http://markmilliron.com/#PUBLICATIONS

Twitter: @markmilliron

053 Sir John Daniel

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053 Sir John Daniel

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Sir John Daniel has made a pivotal contribution to open, distance and online learning across his impressive career, which has to date included being Vice Chancellor of The Open University UK, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO and President of the Commonwealth of Learning. Sir John’s insight and thinking is widely known for its clarity and practicality.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/053-Sir-John-Daniel-Final.mp3 | recorded January 2021

Sir John’s profile (also links to publications): https://sirjohn.ca/

Nominated links (mentioned in interview):

Daniel, J. S & C. Marquis (1979). Independence and Interaction: Getting the Mixture Right. Teaching at a Distance, 14: 29-44. (Mark’s note: if you cannot source this article, there is an excellent blog post addressing how this work has been taken forward at https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2012/02/getting-the-mix-right-once-again-a-peek-into-the-interaction-equivalency-theorem-and-interaction-design/).
Daniel, J. S. (1996). Mega-universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education, Kogan Page, London
Daniel, J. S. (2012). Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2012(3), p. Art. 18. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/2012-18
Daniel, J. S. (2020). COVID-19 – A Two-Week Transition from Campus to Online at the Acsenda School of Management, Canada, Journal of Learning for Development, 7(3): 264-278. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/459/513
Daniel, J. S. (2020). The Sequel to COVID-19: A Global Challenge to the Quality of Higher Education, in Pivotal Issues in Higher Education Development in Nigeria, University Press PLC, Ibadan. pp. 249-261. https://sirjohnca.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/covid_sequel.pdf

Sir John’s contact details and links to multiple presentations and articles are freely available from https://sirjohn.ca/.

052 Steve Wheeler

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052 Steve Wheeler

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Steve Wheeler is a Learning Innovations Consultant and former Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University. He has a long publication history and multiple conference keynotes to his name. His blog, Learning with ‘e’s (http://www.steve-wheeler.co.uk/) presents his various observations about digital education over time.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/052-Steve-Wheeler-Final.mp3 | recorded December 2020

Steve’s profile: https://steve-wheeler.net/

Steve’s blog, Learning with ‘e’s: http://www.steve-wheeler.co.uk/

Nominated links (free to access):

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=kHuR4jwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
Slideshare Keynotes: https://www2.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth

Twitter: @SteveWheeler

051 Dr Lisa Marie Blaschke

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051 Dr Lisa Marie Blaschke

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Dr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is well known for her work in heutagogy. She is also a long-standing member of EDEN and a Program Director for Technology Enhanced Learning with the University of Oldenberg. In this interview Lisa explains the benefits and application of heutagogy for education at all levels.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/051-Lisa-Marie-Blaschke-Final.mp3 | recorded October 2020

Lisa’s profile: http://lisamarieblaschke.pbworks.com/w/page/17821601/FrontPage

Nominated links (free to access):

Blaschke, L. M., & Marín, V. I. (2020). Applications of heutagogy in the educational use of e-portfolios. Revista de Educación a Distancia RED. Available from: https://revistas.um.es/red/article/view/407831/290621
Blaschke, L.M., & Hase, S. (2019). Heutagogy and digital media networks: Setting students on the path to lifelong learning. Pacific Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 1(1).
Blaschke, L.M., Hase, S., & Kenyon, C. (2014). Experiences in self-determined learning. United States: Amazon.com. Available from: https://uol.de/coer/announcements/free-oer-now-available-experiences-in-self-determined-learning/ and (for purchase): https://www.amazon.com/Experiences-Self-Determined-Learning-L-M-Blaschke/dp/1502785307
Blaschke, L.M. (2014). Using social media to engage and develop online learners in self-determined learning. Research in Learning Technology. Retrieved from: https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/1458
Blaschke, L.M. (2012). Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self-determined learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 13(1), 56-71. Retrieved from: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1076/2113.

Nominated works (require purchase):

Blaschke, L., & Bedenlier, S. (2020). Online learning. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.674
Blaschke, L.M. (2019). The pedagogy-andragogy-heutagogy continuum and technology-supported personal learning environments. In I.Jung (Ed.), Open and distance education theory revisited: Implications for the online era. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Blaschke, L.M., & Hase, S. (2015). Heutagogy: A holistic framework for creating 21st century self-determined learners. In M.M. Kinshuk & B.Gros, The future of ubiquitous learning: Learning designs for emerging pedagogies. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag. Available from: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783662477236

Twitter: @LisaMBlaschke

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa_Marie_Blaschke

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamarieblaschke/

050 Professor Som Naidu

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050 Professor Som Naidu

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Professor Som Naidu is internationally renowned for his scholarship in Open, Flexible, Distance and Online Learning, most notably as Executive Editor of the journal “Distance Education”, one of the world’s leading journals in the field.

He s currently Pro-Vice Chancellor and Director, Center for Flexible Learning, at the University of the South Pacific and has previously served in a variety of roles in the enhancement of learning and teaching at several Australian universities. Dr. Naidu possesses doctoral qualifications in Educational Technology from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

A former president of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Dr. Naidu has served as executive editor of its journal Distance Education since 1997. In May 2014 the Open University of Sri Lanka awarded Dr. Naidu a D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), in recognition of his extensive contribution to the field of open, flexible, distance and e-learning both regionally and internationally.

In addition, in July 2020, Advance Higher Education, UK, admitted Dr. Naidu as Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy for his commitment, contribution and strategic leadership in the scholarship of learning and teaching.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/050-Som-Naidu-Final.mp3 | recorded October2020

Som’s online profile: https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=19639

Som’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/som-naidu-phd-d-litt-346a7199/

Distance Education (ODLAA Journal): https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdie20/current

Current Affiliations (as at November 2020):

ICDE Executive Committee: https://www.icde.org/icde-governance-resources/category/Executive+Committee
Executive Committee member (Open Education Global): https://www.oeconsortium.org/2019/03/oec-welcomes-new-board-members/

Recent keynote:

Naidu, S. (2019). Rethinking and redesigning education systems for a future focused learning. Keynote at the 25th CIAED – ABED International Congress of Distance Education (20 to 24 October 2019), at the Cenacon, Poços de Caldas City, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Theme: “Hybrid approaches in the Teaching-Learning in DE”. http://www.abed.org.br/congresso2019.

Nominated works (open access):

Karunanayaka, S. & Naidu, S. (Eds.) (2016). Dreamweaving Open Educational Practice. Nawala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka: The Open University of Sri Lanka. Retrieved from http://www.ou.ac.lk/home/images/OUSL/publications/Dreamweaving%20Open%20Educational%20Practices.pdf.
Karunanayaka, S. & Naidu, S. (Eds.) (2014). Integrating OER in Educational Practice: Practitioner Stories (ISBN 978-955-23-152-68). Nugegoda: The Open University of Sri Lanka. Available at http://www.ou.ac.lk/home/images/OUSL/publications/intergratingOERinEducationalPractice.pdf.

Twitter: @sommnaidu

049 Professor Mpine Makoe

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049 Professor Mpine Makoe

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Professor Mpine Makoe is dedicated to opening access to education, and her work in mobile education serves to support students toward understanding. Her approach to education is underpinned by a firm commitment to lifelong learning and empowerment.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/049-Mpine-Makoe-Final.mp3 | recorded July 2020

Mpine’s ORCID and Google Scholar profiles: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4192-1781 and https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=ZTFi5nYAAAAJ&hl=en

Nominated links (free to access):

Makoe, M., & Shandu-Phetla, T.P. (2019). Using Mobile-based Social Media to Facilitate Interaction and Build Communities through the Lens of Ubuntu in Distance Education. Journal of Learning for Development, 6(2), 130-142. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/357
Makoe, M. & Shandu, T.P. (2018). Developing a Mobile App for Learning English Vocabulary in an Open Distance Learning Context. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v19i4.3746
Makoe, M. (2018). Using Future Research Methods in Analysing Policies Relating to Open Distance Education in Africa. Open Praxis, 10(1), 5-15. https://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/581
Schulte, D., Cendon. E., & Makoe, M. July 2020, Revisioning the Future of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education https://unifuture.network/2020/08/contribution-to-the-unesco-futures-of-education-initiative/

Nominated works (requires subscription):

Makoe, M. (2018). Fitting a square peg into a round hole: A policy framework for operationalising open distance education in dual mode universities. Distance Education, 39(2), 159-175 DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2018.1457945

Twitter: @mpineq

048 Professor Börje Holmberg

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048 Professor Börje Holmberg

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Professor Börje Holmberg is a pioneer in the area of distance education – and his perspectives on learning design, education and a system and the guided didactic conversation translate directly into effective online education.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/048-B-rje-Holmberg.mp3 | recorded August 2020

Börje’s Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6rje_Holmberg

Farhad Saba’s (DistanceEducator.com) introduction: https://distance-educator.com/introduction-to-distance-education-theorists-and-theories-borje-holmberg/

Free to access article related to the Guided Didactic Conversation:

Holmberg, B. (1983). Guided didactic conversation in distance education. In D. Sewart, D. Keegan, and B. Holmberg (Eds.), Distance education: International perspectives (pp. 114-122). London: Croom Helm.

047 Professor Michael Sankey

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047 Professor Michael Sankey

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Professor Michael Sankey has two decades’ experience in online and distance education. His work as a practitioner, thinker and facilitator have assisted universities across Australasia and further afield to improve their practice.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/047-Michael-Sankey-Final.mp3 | recorded September 2020

Michael’s ePortfolio: https://eportfolio.usq.edu.au/user/sankey/home

Michael’s Griffith Experts site: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18879-michael-sankey

Michael’s ResearchGate handle: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Sankey

Michael’s WordPress Blog: https://michaelsankey.com/

Michael’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsankey/

Nominated links (free to access):

Sankey, M. 2020. Putting the pedagogic horse in front of the technology cart. Journal of Distance Education in China. 5, pp .46-53. DOI:10.13541/j.cnki.chinade.2020.05.006 The English version of this article may be found at: https://michaelsankey.com/2020/05/22/putting-the-pedagogic-horse-in-front-of-the-technology-cart/
Sankey, M. 2020. Benchmarking for Technology-enabled learning. In S. Panda and S. Mishra (Eds). Technology-Enabled learning: Policy, Pedagogy and Practice. Chapter 16. pp.213-220. Commonwealth of Learning. BC Canada. ISBN 978-1-894975-98-8.
Sankey, M., Mishra, S. 2019. Benchmarking Toolkit for Technology-Enabled Learning. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL). British Columbia, Canada.
Sankey, M. 2020. The ACODE Learning Leaders Vodcast Series. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHtUlUwqNy5Txa4thrlmlw/
Sankey, M. 2018. Understanding Micro-Credentials. Youtube Video describing how the use of micro-credentials in the Australian higher education sector has expanded significantly in the last 12 – 18 months.

Nominated works (require purchase):

Sankey, M., & Padro, F. 2016. ‘ACODE Benchmarks for Technology EnhancedIJQSS.jpg Learning (TEL): Findings from a 24 university benchmarking exercise regarding the benchmarks’ fitness for purpose and capacity to generate useful quality assurance information‘. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences. 8(3). pp.345-362. DOI: 10.1108/IJQSS-04-2016-0033
Watch out in early 2021 for: Sankey, M. 2021. ‘Learning Technologies’. Chapter 8 in, L.Hunt, & D. Chalmers (Eds.) University Teaching in Focus: A learning-centred approach. 2nd Edition. Routledge. UK.

Twitter: @michael_sankey

046 Professor George Siemens

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046 Professor George Siemens

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Professor George Siemens is a clear and articulate voice in online learning. His work extends across connectivism, MOOCs and analytics. His perspectives, practice and publications associated with networks make him a true leader and legend of online learning.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/046-George-Siemens-Final.mp3 | recorded November 2019

George’s Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EtknWk4AAAAJ&hl=en

Twitter: @gsiemens

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