We thought you might be interested in a number of resources relevant to the scope and aim of this project. These resources help us inform our approach while developing the module. We aim to use videos and other materials to stimulate discussion among participants in this module.
On Friday 19 April 2013 Professor Mark Brown visited Aston University and delivered a talk on “The Quality Challenge: An Inconvenient Truth About e-Learning”.
On Monday 28 January 2013 Professor Curtis Bonk visited Aston University and delivered an inspirational talk on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Find below some key extracts from his talk.
Part 1: Mystety of MOOCs
Part 2 – 20 MOOC Leadership Principles
Part 3 – 22 Types of MOOCs
Part 4 – A Dozen MOOC Business Plans and Models
Also, you may wish to listen to the ‘Great Debate’ from ASCILITE 2012 in Wellington: http://alternative-educate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/audio-ascilite-2012-great-debate-moocs.html.
Other talks that helped us inform our approach on the develoment of this module include extracts from the Going Global Conference. Watch below some exracts from the 2012 conference:
Going Global 2012- Transnational Education
Going Global 2012 – Bridging the divide: visions of education futures through technology
Globalisation of Higher Education: an Eastern perspective
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Dr Galina Telegina of Tyumen State University, RF has offered this additional paper as a resource for the module:
Telegina, G. and Schwengel, H. (2012) The Bologna Process: perspectives and implications
for the Russian university. European Journal of Education, 47 (1).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3435.2011.01506.x/abstract