By Tony Bates, on January 31st, 2010
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT)
It’s now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC, and my motto has always been ‘Never look back.’ However, two things came together to bring me back to UBC last week with a ‘formal’ [...]
By Tony Bates, on January 4th, 2010
Blunt, R. (2009) Do serious games work? Results from three studies eLearn Magazine, December 1
From Natasha Boskic
In a contemporary digital world that is daily flooded with numerous new video games, a frequent question among educators is the relationship between the use of video games and learning.
The article “Do Serious Games Work? [...]
By Tony Bates, on January 1st, 2010
Bassis, M. (2009) Reigning in college costs Businessweek, December 21
This is a useful article, from the President of Westminster College, Salt Lake City, to give to your administration to get more support for online learning. I liked particularly his description of how the college business school uses a competency-based approach and e-portfolios within [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 10th, 2009
Lopes, V. (2008) Course Management Systems and Campus-Based Learning North York ON: Seneca College
One of the rare research reports that looks at the use of a learning management system for campus-based teaching, and its impact on students’ learning.
The main finding was that faculty used the LMS mainly for providing course information, and [...]
By Tony Bates, on October 30th, 2009
Krämer, J. and Seeler, G. (2009) E-portfolios as tools to assess generic competences in distance learning study courses Elearningpapers, September
This paper by faculty from a German graduate business school. It discusses the need to evaluate students’ performance in online distance education courses. It focuses on the so-called “generic” or “key” competences, which are [...]
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