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 ...
Dr David Wiley is Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning. He has a long history of advocacy for open learning and OER, that includes work with Creative Commons and the Open Education Group. David has clear views about online learning and a perspective well worth sharing. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/045-David-Wiley-Final.mp3 | recorded February 2020 David's profile: https://davidwiley.org/ David's blog: https://opencontent.org/blog/ Nominated links (free to access; all of David's work is open): Wiley, David. Education is Sharing. TEDxNYED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0syrgsH6MWiley, D., Strader, R., & Bodily, R. (2020). Continuous Improvement of Instructional Materials. In J. McDonald & R. E. West, Design for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis. EdTech Books. https://edtechbooks.org/id/continuous_improvementWiley, D. & Hilton, J. (2018). Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy. International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning 19(4). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3601Wiley, D. (2017). The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education. In R. A. Reiser & J. V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education. https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/4859 Twitter: @opencontent ...
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 ...
