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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. In the CBE environment students enter a program of study at different times and progress at different rates. with required reading assignments, discussion forums, quizzes, etc.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Publishers have sought to restrict libraries’ access to e-book lending, for example, blaming libraries for declining sales.

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