Dr David Wiley is Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning. He has a long history of advocacy for open learning and OER, that includes work with Creative Commons and the Open Education Group. David has clear views about online learning and a perspective well worth sharing.
Wiley, D., Strader, R., & Bodily, R. (2020). Continuous Improvement of Instructional Materials. In J. McDonald & R. E. West, Design for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis. EdTech Books. https://edtechbooks.org/id/continuous_improvement
Wiley, D. (2017). The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education. In R. A. Reiser & J. V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education. https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/4859
Professor Mark Brown is Ireland’s first Chair in Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning, based in Dublin. Mark has a rich publication record and has maintained representation across several professional bodies across his career.
Dr Cathy Cavanaugh is Chief Technology Officer at the Lastinger Center for Learning at the University of Florida. Cathy has an extensive career history in online education and teaching, and she shares some of the insight gleaned from years of effective K12 practice.
Cavanaugh, C. & DeWeese, A. (2020). Understanding the Professional Learning and Support Needs of Educators during the Initial Weeks of Pandemic School Closures through Search Terms and Content Use. Journal of Technology in Teacher Education 28(2). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/216073/
Cavanaugh, C., Mayberry, J., & Hargis, J. (2016). Participation in the Virtual Environment of Blended College Courses: An Activity Study of Student Performance. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 17(3). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1811
Nominated works (require purchase):
Cavanaugh, C., Kelley, G. & McCarthy, A. (2018). Implementing New Technologies to Enhance Professional Learning. In A. Novack & C. Weber, Eds., Best Practices in Professional Learning and Teacher Preparation: Methods and Strategies for Gifted Professional Development S.l.: Prufrock Press.
Cavanaugh, C. & Roe, M. (2019). Developing Pedagogy and Course Design Skills in Novice Virtual School Teachers. Journal of Online Learning Research 5(1) 5-22. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/182244/
Cavanaugh, C. (2014). Blended education for elementary and secondary students. In Slavin, R., Ed., Proven Programs Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Cavanaugh, C. (2013). Student achievement in elementary and high school. In M. Moore (ed.) Handbook of Distance Education, 3rd edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Professor Don Olcott, Jr. has held academic posts across the world and is well known for his scholarly work and professional membership in distance and online education. Don has multiple research interests and rich experience as you’ll learn in this interview.
Prinsloo, P., Blaschke, L. M., & Olcott, D. J. (2020). How do we know they are learning? Student data and the synergies of human and artificial intelligence (AI). Proceedings of the 2020 European Network for Distance and eLearning (EDEN) Annual Conference (Online), 21-24 June, Timișoară, România. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wgw9xa9QIDwALoq1yEe6h1dE6mNV1EQU/view?usp=sharing
Professor Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Director of the Centre for Open Education Research and the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, makes an important contribution to literature in distance, open and online education. Olaf’s work spans the important transition of distance to online education and continues to help define its development.
Zawacki-Richter, O., Marín, V. I., Bond, M., & Gouverneur, F. (2019). Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators? International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 16(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-019-0171-0
Zawacki-Richter, O., Kerres, M., Bedenlier, S., Bond, M., & Buntins, K. (Eds.). (2020). Systematic reviews in educational research: Methodology, perspectives and application. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27602-7
Zawacki-Richter, O., & Anderson, T. (Eds.). (2014). Online distance education—Towards a research agenda. Athabasca University Press. http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120233
Zawacki-Richter, O., & Latchem, C. (2018). Exploring four decades of research in Computers & Education. Computers & Education, 122, 136–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.04.001
Qayyum, A., & Zawacki-Richter, O. (Eds.). (2018). Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas: National Perspectives in a Digital Age (Vol. 1). Springer. https://www.springer.com/la/book/9789811302978
Zawacki-Richter, O., & Qayyum, A. (Eds.). (2019). Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East: National Perspectives in a Digital Age (Vol. 2). Springer. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811357862
Dr Mathew Hillier has a history of innovation and research in e-exams and computerised assessment based in Australia. His insight into the potential for online assessment and its implementation makes this a highly relevant and timely conversation as we seek to facilitate more online education. Listen out for the triangle of authenticity, security and scalability and insight from the Transforming Assessment Special Interest Group.
Professor Tony Bates is our very first Leader & Legend of Online Learning. In this conversation Tony’s student-centred advice mentions several important considerations for changing teaching methods, planning for improvement and education systems.
Professor Ebba Ossiannilsson’s work picks up on national and international agendas associated with online and distance education. Her work on quality, benchmarking in open online learning and OER is particularly noteworthy, as is her untiring work across multiple professional associations.
Ossiannilsson, E. (forthcoming). OER: open to ideas, open to the world. SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education. NewYork: Springer (writing in progress).
Ossiannilsson, E. (forthcoming 2020). After Covid-19: Some challenges for universities. A. Tlili, D. Burgos & A. Tabacco. (Eds.) Education in a crisis context: COVID-19 as an opportunity for global learning. Springer, LNET Series
Ossiannilsson, E. (In Press). Online open pedagogy and management. In: F. Altinay & Z Altinay (Eds.). Online pedagogy and management for smart societies. Pegem Akademi. DOI 10.14527/9786257052498
Ossiannilsson, E. (2019). Transhumanism and innovative leadership – a question of quality. In S. Sisman-Ugur & G. Kurubacak (Eds.). Handbook of research on learning in the age of transhumanism. IGI Global
Azevedo, A., Azevedo, J., Uhomoibhi, J-, & Ossiannilsson, E. (forthcoming) (Eds). Handbook of Research on Big Data and Learning Analytics. IGI Global.
Shai Reshef is President of University of the People, a tuition-free, American, accredited university offering online education to an international student-base who, despite their academic success, would otherwise find it difficult to obtain a degree. Shai explains how online education can be accessible and scalable, while maintaining high quality.
Dr Neil Fassina is President of Athabasca University, and President of ICDE. Neil brings a strong academic background to his work. In this interview Neil talks about the Imagine: Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities that is reshaping one of the world’s leading ODL universities.
