Online Learning Around the Globe

Safary Wa-Mbaleka + Leni Casimiro share about their work in online higher education around the globe on episode 503 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode As we deal with our local contexts, we adjust according to the culture of the people and how they learn. -Leni Casimiro Eventually I went to study and get a degree in about online education, then it really became a part of who I am today as an educator. -Safary Wa-Mbaleka The definition of online education is much more expanded, especially with a lot of the tools that are available today that facilitate collaboration. -Safary Wa-Mbaleka I believe that artificial intelligence is going to challenge everything that we knew about online education because at this point you can do a lot of things that we have no control over. -Safary Wa-Mbaleka When you open online courses, you are opening it to serve the whole world. So we need to bring in this global perspective of online education. -Safary Wa-Mbaleka [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources The Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education by Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Kelvin Thompson, and Leni Casimiro Online Learning Consortium Coopetition – A made-up word combining cooperation and competition Asian Association of Open Universities Larch Corrections Center & Canvas – Pursuing Knowledge While Incarcerated Glocalization – A made-up word combining global and local efforts [/divwrap]