By Tony Bates, on August 21st, 2010
Academic Impressions is one of my main sources of news on e-learning and educational developments. The editor, Daniel Fusch occasionally does interviews with experts on issues that come up in the news. Yesterday, he published an interview with me on teaching academic honesty in the classroom.
I often am asked, after giving a keynote [...]
By Tony Bates, on April 26th, 2010
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (2010) Are the New Millenium Learners Making the Grade? Paris: OECD
From the book’s web site
Using data from PISA 2006, this book analyzes to what extent investments in technology enhance educational outcomes. One of the most striking findings of this study is that the digital [...]
By Tony Bates, on April 1st, 2010
I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic training in teaching at a post-secondary level.
I was involved in developing a post-graduate certificate in technology-based distributed learning which later morphed into a full Master in Educational Technology at [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 31st, 2010
The news portal for the eLearning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka, Zambia, between May 26-28 has the following news items about presentations to be made at the conference:
Haggards, S. (2010) African Digital Diaries – Portraits of Ad Hoc eLearning in Africa, eLearning Africa 2010 News Portal, March 31
This is a podcast about [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 29th, 2010
In a previous post, Will lecture capture replace asynchronous distance learning, I wrote:
I come from a background where distance education courses are specifically re-designed for distance learners. In particular, they are designed to allow students to interact with instructor and other students any time and anywhere. They are designed to ensure [...]
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