Migration from Moodle to the Canvas LMS - a case study

Having run its full portfolio of e-learning programmes from within the Moodle learning management system since 2008, in 2015 InterActive chose to trial the delivery of a number of online courses using the Canvas platform. The hope was that this successful test-phase would allow the organisation to roll out a significantly upgraded user experience, while eradicating issues of reliability and stability which had been noted by faculty members as a result of recent Moodle updates. InterActive also h...

Safeguarding the security of online education

InterActive's Director of Academic and Student Affairs, Jeremy C Bradley, discusses ways to make sure that the e-learning environment is a safe and secure platform for students and faculty alike. Security and privacy issues are some of the main concerns that universities and organisations have when entering the online learning space. How can we be reassured that the users accessing the online system are actually the students that signed up for the course? Is it sensible to administer assessments...

UOnline - How we learn

Read about the core learning principles behind InterActive's content creation philosophy. InterActive’s approach to content production focuses on the creation of short and intensive learning segments, creating a robust and easily scalable solution to link a range of learning segments together for the purpose of creating a coherent syllabus structure for a variety of subjects. Each content segment pertains to a key topic, which is addressed via a short video tutorial of up to three minutes in len...

E-learning: a force for democratisation and social change?

Jeremy C Bradley, InterActive's director of academic and student affairs, shares his thoughts on the role online education has to play in the democratisation of learning.  As an e-learning professional I have been lucky enough to work with a number of inspired individuals over the last decade, from technical specialists and dedicated online lecturers, to successful graduates from all corners of the globe. A growing belief shared by many of us is that a significant number of the 21st century’s lo...