Conference on Blended Learning: Ensuring Quality and Cost Effectiveness

By Tony Bates, on July 28th, 2010

Toronto financial district © Christopher Chan, 2009

Conference on Blended Learning: Ensuring Quality and Cost Effectiveness Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 21-22, 2010

This is the 4th annual conference on blended learning hosted by COHERE (Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research) and CSSHE (Canadian Society for the Study of Higher [...]

July 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Events, conferences | Leave a comment

Preliminary book review: An Introduction to Distance Education

By Tony Bates, on April 19th, 2010

Cleveland-Innes, M. and Garrison, R. (eds.) 2010 An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era New York/Abingdon UK: Routledge

This book is essentially a collection of essays by mainly Canadian authors, although there are also authors from the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Spain.

Chapters

The book is organized [...]

April 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Featured, Strategies, planning and management, Teaching and learning, Technology, Web 2.0, access, audio, blended learning, change management, collaborative learning, course design, critical thinking, design of virtual learning organizations, developing intellectual skills, graphics/images, interfaces, knowledge-construction, leadership, learner-centered teaching, learning management systems, learning theories, open content, partnership and consortia, planning, policies and management - institutional, post-secondary distance education, quality and quality assurance, selection of media and technologies, simulations, animations and games, social software, synchronous, video | 3 comments

An operational data management program for UNHCR

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.

January 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Teaching and learning, blended learning, course design, learner support | Leave a comment

The growth of local, blended online learning

By Tony Bates, on July 7th, 2009

Parry, M. (2009) They Thought Globally, but Now Colleges Push Online Programs Locally Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10

This article discusses how state-funded universities and colleges in the USA are using blended and online learning to keep or increase enrolments locally and fight off the growing challenge of private online institutions, with interesting [...]

July 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Featured, Strategies, planning and management, Teaching and learning, blended learning, futures, physical space, planning, policies and management - institutional | Leave a comment

Online students perform better than face-to-face students

By Tony Bates, on July 3rd, 2009

Means, B. et al. (2009) Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies Washington, DC: US Department of Education

From the Abstract

A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online learning. Analysts [...]

July 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Events, Teaching and learning, assessment, blended learning, evaluating courses and programs, research | 3 comments
 
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