By Tony Bates, on March 9th, 2010
Smith, C. (2009) Who Let This Disaster in My Classroom? Eugene OR: Resource Publications (http://wipfandstock.com)
Subtitled: A Practical Guide for Online Instructors and Some Funny Stories Along the Way.
I’m not normally a procrastinator, but I’ve been putting off writing a review of this book for some time. The reason of course is that I wasn’t sure [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 26th, 2010
Bugeja, M. (2010) Avatar Rape Inside Higher Education, February 25
I hesitated about posting this blog, not because of the content, but because I already had a strong reaction to a previous posting suggesting that virtual worlds still had a long way to come before they are going to be useful in education, and I don’t [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 9th, 2010
Edmonds, K. (2010) Understanding the Perspectives of Online Graduate Students: Implications for Educational Leaders Calgary AB: Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Calgary
Congratulations to Kelly Edmonds, who has recently successfully defended her EdD thesis at the University of Calgary. Kelly has kindly agreed to provide a short summary of her thesis.
Introduction
The higher education field in North [...]
By Tony Bates, on January 26th, 2010
Introduction
Last week I spent two days at a strategic retreat for Contact North managers in Sudbury, Ontario. I had the privilege last summer of flying across Northern Ontario (twice) in a small plane last summer (see: http://flight.tonybates.ca), so I have some understanding of the geography of the region.
I thought I would provide some information (I [...]
By Tony Bates, on January 5th, 2010
Connonwealth of Learning (2009) An operational data management program for UNHCR Connections, October
An article on a blended learning/distance model for building skills among United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees staff, with an 80% successful completion rate.
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