By Tony Bates, on March 5th, 2010
I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent Learning in Hand site, and myself:
I have recently been researching some web-based resources for our faculty, who teach exclusively online, but who do not venture much outside the limited [...]
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’ invitation for [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 18th, 2009
It’s that time of year again. Here’s a personal look back at e-learning in 2009 (I will do another blog on priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010, and a third blog on international trends to watch in 2010).
What I did
This year I worked in Alberta, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, and Saudi Arabia, [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 11th, 2009
Bonk, C. (2009) R2D2: A model for using technology in education eSchool News, December 11
For all you Luke Skywalkers and Princess Leias in e-learning, this article provides a good summary of Curtis Bonk’s R2D2 instructional design model for web-based learning. Curtis is one of the good guys in e-learning. (Me, I’m with Darth Vader.)
Curtis J. [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 28th, 2009
Parry, M. (2009) Online Programs: Profits Are There, Technological Innovation Is Not Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19
A news report of a study by the consulting firm Eduventures, “Benchmarking Online Operations: Snapshots of an Emerging Industry,” (not yet available as of November 28, 2009, except to Eduventures members).
From the Chronicle’s news report
Online education [...]
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