Dr Wayne Mackintosh is founding director of the OER Foundation, UNESCO / ICDE Chair in OER and coordinator of the OERu, the Open Education Resources universitas. Wayne’s impressive commitment to openness in all its forms – especially open education – is based on a rich background in distance and online learning.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/016-Wayne-Mackintosh-Final.mp3 | recorded February 2019
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Wayne’s online profile: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynemackintosh/
Wayne’s Mastodon account: https://mastodon.oeru.org/@mackiwg
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Professor Martin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology with The Open University UK. Martin has a long history in elearning and is well known in the blogosphere for his EdTechie blog (now in its 12th year). Martin has a zeal for open education and social networking that keeps him connected. We chatted in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/006-Martin-Weller-Final.mp3 | recorded October 2018 Martin’s online profile: https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/martin.weller Martin’s blog: http://blog.edtechie.net/ Key publications: The Battle for Open (open access book): https://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/10.5334/bam/; an OOFAT report considering models of open, online, flexible and distance education globally: https://www.icde.org/models-for-online-open-flexible-and-technology-enhanced-higher-education; different interpretations of open education (2018 article): http://oro.open.ac.uk/54670/ Open access works: http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/mjw5.html Further links of interest: Martin is Director of OER Hub (http://oerhub.net/) which has researched the impact of open educational resources (see http://oerhub.net/research-outputs/reports/); he is also Director of the GO-GN network, a global community of OER PhD researchers: http://go-gn.net/ Twitter: @mweller ...
Professor Emeritus Fred Saba is an international scholar, and founder of distance-educator.com. He is author of over 100 articles and book chapters, is on the editorial board of many prominent international journals and is the first winner of the Charles A. Wedemeyer award given to scholars who have made significant contributions to research and theory building in the field of distance education. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/036-Fred-Saba-Final.mp3 | recorded January 2020 Fred’s profile: https://distance-educator.com/19575-2/ Nominated links (free to access): Saba, F. (2016). Theories of distance education: Why they matter. New Directions for Higher Education, 2016(173), 21-30.Saba, F. (2014) . Methods of study in distance education: A critical review of selected recent literature. In P. Anderson, and O. Zawacki-Richter (Eds.). Online distance education: Towards a research agenda. (152-171). Athabasca, CA: Athabasca University.Saba, F. (2012). A systems approach to the future of distance education in colleges and universities: Research, development, and implementation. Continuing Higher Education Review. 76, 30-37.Saba, F. (2011). Distance education in the United States: Past, present, future. Educational Technology, 51 (6) 11-18. Published works (requiring purchase): Saba, F., & Shearer, R. L. (2018). Transactional distance and adaptive learning: Planning for the future of higher education. New York, NY: Routledge.Subscription to Distance-Educator.com: https://distance-educator.com/ Twitter: @Distance_E ...
Stephen Downes is Senior Research Officer with the National Research Council in Canada. He has a deep history in online education and his writings, regular newsletter (the OLDaily) and international keynotes mean it's likely he's already influenced your practice and thinking. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/031-Stephen-Downes-Final.mp3 | recorded September 2019 Stephen's profile: https://www.downes.ca/ Free to access resources: All publications: https://www.downes.ca/publications.htmAll presentations: https://www.downes.ca/presentations.htm Nominated papers: Downes, S. (2019). A Look at the Future of Open Educational Resources. International Journal of Open Educational Resources 1(2). https://www.ijoer.org/a-look-at-the-future-of-open-educational-resources/ Downes, S. (2019). A Distributed Content Addressable Network for Open Educational Resources. Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age CELDA 2019. Full text: https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=70094 | Event overview: https://www.celda-conf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Program_CELDA_2019.pdf Downes, S. (2018). Online Learning and MOOCs: Visions and Pathways. China International Distance Education Conference, Beijing, China. Full text: https://www.downes.ca/files/Visions%20and%20Pathways.pdf | Web version: https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=69604 Nominated presentations: Downes, S. (2019). Personal Learning Versus Personalized Learning - Making Lifelong Learning Happen. Online Learning 2019, Toronto, Ontario (Lecture). Audio and video: https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?presentation=511Downes, S. (2019). The Third Wave: the Next Generation of Distributed Learning Technology. Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, Vancouver, British Columbia (Lecture). Audio and video: https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?presentation=505 Twitter: @Downes Mastodon: @[email protected] 031 ...
