The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear: we have to make some changes to the way we teach.

Presentation at the OER20 Conference (2020.04.02)

We can teach online courses without needing a lot of resources.

Presentation to the CTE Research Group (2020.03.11)

Germany’s far right continues to instrumentalize the memory of Dresden.

Let’s start educating instead.

The four freedoms are just as much about responsibility as they are about freedom.

A sort of ode to eCampusOntario.

If you want to improve the uptake of open practices in higher education, you need to address policy obstacles.

Germany’s future has suddenly become more uncertain.

What has the controversy taught us about teaching and mentorship?

Open access to research, open educational practices - can we just talk about open everything?

Higher education syllabi, like puffer fish, are prone to bloat.

We need LMSs. But they need to be better.

How much passion should inform our teaching?

Ontario post-secondary educators are being challenged to write reflectively about their teaching.

The annual meeting of the Canadian Network for Innovation took place in Sudbury last week. The theme this year was "Diversities of Learning and Learners: What's in Our Natures."

Having just attended the Open Education Global Conference 2018 (OEGlobal 2018) in Delft, The Netherlands, I was struck by the buzzwords that kept popping up in presentations, discussions, chats, and the like.

German elections rarely produce a majority government. Its the negotiations after an election that reveal what direction the country will be taking.

The images from Charlottesville, Va., of white supremacists marching with Nazi banners reminded us, as if we needed it, that the swastika remains a potent symbol of racist hate.