Mr Bates goes to Ottawa: or increasing access to post-secondary education

The context

OK, I’m not James Stewart, and it wasn’t Washington, and this posting’s a little late, due to other things, but this is a report on my presentation to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on June 9.

The committee was studying access to post‑secondary [...]

What should the Canadian government do to increase access to post-secondary education?

This is really a posting for Canadian readers, but we’re not too proud to take suggestions from anywhere!

I have the honour of being invited by the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Science and Technology to give my views on what should be done to increase access to post-secondary [...]

Canadian corporate innovation in e-learning

Galt, V. (2010) How to bake agility into corporate DNA Globe and Mail, May 20

In my blog on Six Priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010 I wrote:

Canada is a leader in mobile technology (Research in Motion, Nortel’s merger with Avaya, etc.), the Canadian mobile networks have just been opened up [...]

New gadgets in Canadian higher education

Pagliaro, J. (2010) Apple America: Why Canada’s learning technology experts say tech handouts are lackluster Macleans, May 17

Another disappointing article from a national journal, this time Maclean’s of Canada. It went after Canadian reaction to giving out the latest technology to students. Not much to learn from it, but it’s [...]

iPad on sale in Canada May 28

Just in case you missed the announcement, the iPad goes on sale in Canada on May 28.

Prices range from C$549 (16 GB) to C$879 (64GB + 3G).

For more information or to pre-order, click here