A course of video lectures by Dr Tony Bates, renowned expert in the field of online and distance education, is now available for the Russian-speaking audience. The series was produced by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and later translated into Russian by UNESCO IITE within the framework of collaboration with COL.
Skills Needed in a Digital Age (with Russian subtitiles)
- Difference between content and skills
- Some core digital skills
- Methods to teach skills successfully
- Special role of online learning in skills development
Online Learning and Teaching Methods (with Russian subtitles)
- Continuum of online learning
- Unique teaching affordances of online learning
- Online collaborative learning
- Blended learning
Implementing Online Learning (with Russian subtitles)
- Institutional plan/strategy
- Importance of course design
- Team approach
- Faculty development
- Technology selection and support
Understanding the Learners (with Russian subtitles)
- Learners may be older, part-time, isolated, often less confident
- What about manageable ‘chunks’ of work?
- Providing regular feedback
- Starting slowly
- Variable internet access
Theories of Learning (with Russian subtitles)
- Behaviorism vs constructivism
- Sage on the stage vs guide on the side
- Open pedagogy
- Connectivism
- Creating rich online learning environment (necessary elements)
Learner Support (with Russian subtitles)
- Clear workload
- Regular feedback
- Tutors or main instructor?
- Class size/student instructor ratio
- Instructor ‘presence’
Choosing media (with Russian subtitles)
- Difference between media and technology
- Types of media
- Pedagogical affordances of different media
- Decision models: SECTIONS and SAMR
- Importance and difficulties of media selection
Assessment Strategies (with Russian subtitiles)
- Technology and new assessment methods
- Continuous vs summative assessment
- Group work assessment
- Authentic learning and e-portfolios
- Cheating and monitoring
- QA processes: online and face-to-face learning
- Authentication and credentialing
- Micro-credentials
Quality (with Russian subtitles)
- Definition of quality
- External and internal quality assurance
- Quality assurance standards
- Best practices for quality assurance
Trends in Open Learning (with Russian subtitles)
- Concept of open education
- Open Educational Resources (OER) and other open access resources
- Open pedagogy
Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs (with Russian subtitiles)
- What is a MOOC?
- Strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs
Emerging Technologies (with Russian subtitles)
- Educational affordances of emerging technologies
- Serious games
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Learning analytics and artificial intelligence
This video series is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/