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 6th, 2009
Lederman, D. (2009) The business of higher education Inside Higher Education, December 2
An interview with the authors of a new book:
Knapp, J. and Siegel, D. (2009) The Business of Higher Education Santa Barbara CA: Praeger
The book appears to raise some important issues about cost-effectiveness and what lessons may (or may not) be learned from business. [...]
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 very little for [...]
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 increasingly in [...]
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