By Tony Bates, on October 26th, 2009
The story so far
In an earlier post (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1), I argued that higher education institutions were suffering systemic problems trying to deal with the challenge of increasing access, increasing or even maintaining quality, and lowering costs, despite extensive use of ICTs.
In the second [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 28th, 2009
Review of: Sangra, A. (2008) The Integration of Information and Communication Technologies in the University: Models, Problems and Challenges (La Integració de les TICs a la Universitat: Models, Problemes i Reptes) Unpublished Ph.D., Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain (Original in Catalan: for an extensive English summary click english_summary_final4).
The author and the context [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 13th, 2009
Over the next month, I will be doing several blogs around topics prompted by three books that look very different, but each of which raises critical questions about the role of technology in teaching and learning in higher education. The three books are:
Katz, R. et al. (2008) The Tower and the Cloud Boulder [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 19th, 2008
Well, it’s the end of the year, and so why not a personal retrospective of the worldwide state of e-learning at the end of 2008? I did this originally for the European Eqibelt project, based in Croatia, but thought I would share it with you all. Once I have had some Christmas pudding, I [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 19th, 2008
I had the privilege this week of being an examiner for a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. The candidate, Albert Sangra Morer, is a well-known academic in Europe, who has published extensively on e-learning. His thesis was: ‘The Integration of ICTs in the University: Models, Problems and [...]
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