People
Tony Bates – Online Learning and Distance Education Resources.
Tony is a well known name in online and distance education and his blog is a source of useful resources and ideas.
Brian Lamb – Director, Learning Technology and Innovation, Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning
Brian blogs thoughtfully on issues related to educational technology. I appreciate his perspective.
Stephen Downes – Canadian philosopher, influential thought leader around distance education.
Websites
Learning Design Framework – our instructional design team at TRU Open Learning’s articulation of our shared values. This is a learner centered framework to guide the development of online courses with the foundational values of caring, openness, connection and active engagement.
Remix, Reuse, Reshare – An Open Resource of Learning Activities – an OER I developed while on sabbatical. It is a searchable repository of learning activities and their accompanying resources.
Cricket-a website that provides resources for educators to redesign their courses. It is also a repository of openly licensed activities and assessments.