By Tony Bates, on August 9th, 2010
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Lamb, G. (2010) Are iPads, smartphones, and the Mobile Web rewiring the way we think? Christian Science Monitor, July 24
In this article, a number of experts are interviewed about their opinions on whether technology is changing the way we think. Being good journalism, we have [...]
By Tony Bates, on June 30th, 2010
I came across some blogs about ‘myths’, so I thought I’d put them together.
Myth No. 1: ‘A university education is becoming so costly – in the USA – that it’s not worth the investment.’
Proto, R. (2010) Is college still worth the investment? HICE SCHOOL, 30 June
Randy Proto, the President and CEO [...]
By Tony Bates, on June 28th, 2010
It’s funny how reports on the same issue arrive from completely different directions. These four all deal with the issue of innovation and higher education.
Baker, S. (2010) Hefce gives out extra places and takes back £20m from teaching funds Times Higher Education, June 25
Calhoun, T. (2010) Re-imagining Higher Education, Post-Recession SCUP Links [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 16th, 2010
The University of New Brunswick
This has been a busy week for me, which accounts for the low number of postings. Earlier in the week, I was conducting a consultancy for the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Saint John. (For readers outside Canada, Fredericton and Saint John are [...]
By Tony Bates, on April 19th, 2010
Cleveland-Innes, M. and Garrison, R. (eds.) 2010 An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era New York/Abingdon UK: Routledge
This book is essentially a collection of essays by mainly Canadian authors, although there are also authors from the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Spain.
Chapters
The book is organized [...]
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