Online Learning Around the Globe, with Safary Wa-Mbaleka + Leni Casimiro
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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. 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 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
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