Category Archives: Online education

Guidelines for analysing and developing an online course

Posted on March 26, 2015 by svenaake

by Sven Åke Bjørke January 2015 What is an online course? Are there any criteria? Is an article or a power point presentation made accessible on the internet an online course? The answer is: An online course is as a rule … Continue reading →

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Facing the standards and quality requirements of European higher education

Posted on April 2, 2014 by svenaake

By  Sven Åke Bjørke    April 2014 The traditional “anarchist” professor tends to resist standardisation systems like for instance The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) Higher education in Europe 500 years ago was amazingly enough quite homogeneous. A scholar or a … Continue reading →

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Selecting and describing target groups in online, tertiary education

Posted on April 1, 2014 by svenaake

By  Sven Åke Bjørke  April 2014 Online delivery of education – students on campus, students online – aren’t they all the same? Do we have to adapt and customize? Do we have to know each student personally? Why? Aren’t they … Continue reading →

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Mobile Learning: Learning supported by mobile technology based tools

Posted on March 16, 2014 by svenaake

by Ghislain Maurice Norbert Isabwe, Research Fellow, ICT department, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder One of the fast growing areas of application is education: handheld mobile devices are being used for teaching and learning, in what is known as “mobile learning” or … Continue reading →

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Asynchronous Computer Conferencing is ideal for collaborative learning

Posted on March 10, 2014 by svenaake

by Sven Åke Bjørke, March 2014 Asynchronous computer conferencing, social constructivism and collaborative distance learning are important concepts in e-learning. Asynchronous online learning activities increase flexibility and access. It may also enhance the quality of learning. Introduction  “The only constant … Continue reading →

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Problems and challenges in online tutoring

Posted on March 4, 2014 by svenaake

By Åke Bjørke  March 2014 Good online education can be a driving force for quality enhancement, course development procedures, internationalisation of studies and joint degrees between networks of educational institutions. However, there are many problems and challenges. A reliable electricity … Continue reading →

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Pedagogical approaches in online education

Posted on February 26, 2014 by svenaake

Sven Åke Bjørke, February 2014 When discussing pedagogical approaches in e-learning, we usually end up in debating instructivist vs constructivist ways of doing things. Here is “information in a nutshell”, with no ambition of covering the whole issue. In pedagogy in … Continue reading →

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Online education – a driving force for quality in education

Posted on February 25, 2014 by svenaake

Sven Åke Bjørke, 25 February 2014  Introduction Online education can be a driving force for quality in education, standardised course  development procedures and internationalisation of studies and joint degrees Experience demonstrates that good online education can increase capacity considerably at … Continue reading →

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Self-instructional courses and traditional teaching vs collaborative learning.

Posted on February 20, 2014 by svenaake

by Sven Åke Bjørke. February  2014. Many educational institutions spend huge amounts of money on developing computer-supported self-instructional courses. Various kinds of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are embraced by university administrations as  potential money-savers and maybe perceived as a … Continue reading →

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Online lecturing – an appropriate learning tool in online education?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by svenaake

by Sven Åke Bjørke Universities traditionally educate less than ten percent of the population. The target group of students used to be an elite of the most academically gifted. They have as a rule been able to take care of … Continue reading →

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