Opportunities and Policy Challenges of Distance Learning in Western Balkans
Thursday 16 May 2013 We were very pleased to welcome a CDE Fellow, Dr Endrit Kromidha (Royal Holloway), to Senate House for a CDE lunchtime seminar. The session focused on how ICT can have a positive impact in a developing context and how online learning can be related to policies for development, in particular as … Read more
Evolution or revolution? MOOCs, open access and online learning
The acceleration of MOOCs from just another piece of educational technology to a year-defining concept was as quick in 2012 as the related end-of-year reviews and trend reports were prolific[1]. The first few months of 2013 has seen further attempts to make sense of the practical implications of this phenomenon for HE institutions, and also … Read more
Online and open-access learning in higher education
Online and open-access learning in higher education: MOOCs, new pedagogies and business models Senate House, University of London. Tuesday 5 February 2013. Presentations and slides from this conference looking at new pedagogies and business models in relation to open access learning in the higher education sector (with a special focus on MOOCs). It was a collaboration between … Read more
Developing an e-reader and e-publishing model for flexible and open learning on a distance learning LLB programme
Two CDE Fellows, Patricia McKellar and Steve Warburton, have had a paper published in the European Journal of Law and Technology. The project is an exploration of the use of eBooks and e-readers for the delivery of learning materials to four groups of distance learning students on the University of London Undergraduate Laws Programme. The … Read more











