By Tony Bates, on July 20th, 2010
© Christopher Chan, 2007
Australia is a world leader in blended and online distance learning, so this conference is a must for those who want to be at the leading edge of best practice.
EDUCATION 2011-2021: GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF BLENDED AND DISTANCE LEARNING SUMMIT 15 [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 3rd, 2010
A new journal from Australia (where e-learning in vocational and technical education is particularly strong – see the Australian Flexible Learning Network).
The inaugural edition is available here.
By Tony Bates, on March 25th, 2010
Bradmore, D. and Smyrnios, K. (2009) ‘The writing on the wall: responses of Australian public universities to competition in global higher education’ Higher Education Research & Development Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 495 – 508
Keith Hampson does an excellent critique of this argument in his Higher Education Management Group blog.
By Tony Bates, on October 30th, 2009
Well, jumping wombats, those Aussies are sure moving – a recent report predicts that online education will expand by 24% this financial year – more than twice as quickly as any other industry in Australia, reports Checkpoint e-Learning, an Australian blog focused on technical and vocational education.
(OK – wombats don’t jump – [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 6th, 2009
Having recently just celebrated my 70th birthday, I thought I would draw your attention to what claims to be ‘the world-first virtual U3A operating exclusively online.’ The web site states:
‘U3A Online provides short courses for older people who enjoy learning but prefer the freedom to study where and when they choose. Our courses [...]
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