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Unit 1: Foundations of Open, Digital, and Distance Education

Kanuka, H., & Conrad, D. (2003). The name of the game: Why "Distance Education" says it all. The Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 4 (4), 385-393.
Shale, D. (2003). Does "distance education" really say it all -- or does it say enough?: A commentary on the article by Kanuka and Conrad. The Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 4 (4), 395-401.
Weller, M. (2014). The Battle for Open. London: Ubiquity Press. Chapter 2.
Collins, A. & Halverson, R. (2009). Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology. New York: Teacher’s College Press. Ch. 1.
Hodges, C., Moore,S., Lockee,B., Trust, T., & Bond, A., ( 2020, March 27) The difference between emergency remote teaching and online learning. Educause Review.

Unit 2: Digital Technologies / Open Education Resources

Bates, A. W. (2019). Understanding technology in education. Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning. (chapter 7 & 8).
McGreal, R. (2019). A Survey of OER Implementations in 13 Higher Education Institutions. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.
Weller, M. (2014). The Battle for Open. London: Ubiquity Press. Chapter 4.
An, Y. (2021). A history of instructional media, instructional design, and theories. International Journal of Technology in Education (IJTE), 4(1), 1-21.

Unit 3: Teaching, Learning, and Design in a Digital Age

Bates, A. W. (2019). Understanding technology in Education. Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning. (chapter 3 & 4).
Haughey, M. (2010). Teaching and Learning in Distance Education Before the Digital Age. In M. Cleveland-Innes & R. Garrison. An Introduction to Distance Education Understanding Teaching and Learning in A New Era. London: Routledge.

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Anderson, T. & Dron, J. (2011). Three generations of distance learning pedagogy. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), 12 (3), 80 - 97.
Fiock, H. (2020).  Designing a Community of Inquiry in Online Courses. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.21(1) 135-153.
Kenny, R. F., Zhang Z., Schwier, R. A., & Campbell, K. (2005). A review of what instructional designers do: Questions answered and questions not asked. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 31(1), 9–26.

Unit 4: Learner Support and Assessment of Open and Distance Education

Brindley, J. (2014). Learner Support in Online Distance Education: Essential and Evolving. In O. Zawacki-Richter, & T. Anderson. Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda. Athabasca, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Friesen, N. & Wihak, C. (2013). From OER to PLAR: Credentialing for Open Education. Open Praxis, 5(1) 49-58.
Moisey, S. D., & Hughes, J. A. (2008). Supporting the Online Learner. In T. Anderson (Ed.) The theory and practice of online learning, chapter 17, (pp. 419 - 440). (pdf)

Unit 5: Research and Evaluation

Zawacki-Richter,O. & Anderson,T. (2014). Introduction: Research Areas in Online Distance Education. In O. Zawacki-Richter, & T. Anderson. Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda. Athabasca, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Galloway, D. (2005). Evaluating Distance Delivery and E-learning: Is Kirkpatrick's Model Relevant. Performance Improvement. 44(4) 21-27.
Cakiroglu,U. Kokoc, M., Gokoglu, S., Ozturk, M. &Erdogdu, F. (2019). An Analysis of the Journey of Open and Distance Education: Major Concepts and Cutoff Points in Research Trends. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 20(1).
Zawacki-Richter, O. & Naidu, S. (2016). Mapping research trends from 35 years of publications in Distance Education, Distance Education, 37:3, 245-269, DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2016.118507
Bernard, R. et al. (2004). How does distance education compare with classroom instruction: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature.  Review of Educational Research, 74 (3), 379-439.

Unit 6: Open, Digital, and Distance Education - Lessons for the Future

Seaman, J.E. & Seaman, J. (2021). Digital Texts in the Time of Covid.  https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/reports/digitaltextsinthetimeofcovid.pdf
Bates, T. (2021). 10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World from Covid-19 for Canadian Universities and Colleges. https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/10-lessons-post-pandemic-world
Schwartz, H., Grant, D., Dilberti, M., Hunter, G.P., Setodji, & C.M. (2020).  Remote Learning Is Here to Stay: Results from the First American School District Panel Survey.  Rand Corporation Research Report.

Assignment 1

McCabe, C., Sprute, K., & Underdown, K. (2017). Laughter to learning: How humor can build relationships and increase learning in the online classroom. Journal of Instructional Research, 6, 4-7.
Langegård, U., Kiani, K., Nielsen, S. J., & Svensson, P. A. (2021). Nursing students’ experiences of a pedagogical transition from campus learning to distance learning using digital tools. BMC Nursing, 20, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00542-1