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Does virtual reality have applications for online education, or is it just another gimmick?

https://www.learndash.com/what-does-vr-have-to-do-with-online-education/

You no longer need to be a Harvard student or Princeton grad to benefit from instruction at these exclusive institutions. You can access some of their most popular classes online via MOOCs.

https://lifehacker.com/you-can-take-these-600-online-courses-for-free-1830066444

Creating an online discussion space, often referred to as a backchannel, is one of the ways that nearly all teachers can create more opportunities for students to interact with them and their classmates.

https://practicaledtech.com/2018/09/23/how-to-create-an-online-discussion-space-for-your-classes-and-why-you-should/

Google Forms and Microsoft Forms and their corresponding Google Sheets and Excel sheets are excellent tools for collecting data then looking at in a variety of ways. Making then grading quizzes is one of the typical uses for Google Forms …

Self-direction is one of the key attributes of an adult learner. How can you encourage it in your online course?

https://www.learndash.com/how-to-incorporate-self-directed-learning-in-your-online-course/

An online textbook priced at almost $1,000 has infuriated students trying to navigate an already confusing textbook marketplace, but Louisiana-Lafayette officials insist they had “good intentions.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/08/28/universitys-999-online-textbook-creates-confusion-and-outrage

This article summarizes the process and results of the 2017 pan-Canadian survey on online learning. The main result: “Online learning and distance education were clearly alive and well in Canada in 2017.

https://educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41239-018-0112-3

What do online students want? According to a new survey, they want to conduct more of their course activities on their mobile phones or tablets, and they’d like better career-planning services. Their biggest regrets? They all relate to not having …

Online education in Canada provides learners with a flexible, inclusive and quality educational experience.

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/dispelling-the-misconceptions-of-online-education/

Developers at Penn State believe their new tool will make creating online courses easier than ever, even for the non-tech savvy.

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/06/13/open-source-tool-aims-make-online-course-creation-accessible-all

Focusing on the massive open online course (MOOC) platform, the purpose of this study is to realize personalized adaptive learning according to the needs and abilities of each learner.  

http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/8470

The demand for online courses is exploding right now. Here’s why completion rates in online courses are so low, and why they don’t matter.

https://www.influencive.com/why-no-one-finishes-online-courses

A number of browser extensions will warn you about web trackers, stop them from following you around the internet, and generally give you control over your data. We picked five of the best add-ons for fighting web trackers.

https://www.popsci.com/browser-extensions-fight-web-trackers

As our students create more and more digital products—blog posts, videos, podcasts, e-books—they should be using images to enhance them. Despite the fact that these images are easy to get, using them may be illegal.

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/online-images/

In our modern world, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives, enabling us to be more connected and efficient than ever before. But our move online has also resulted in the serious and growing global phenomenon …