By Tony Bates, on June 30th, 2010
I came across some blogs about ‘myths’, so I thought I’d put them together.
Myth No. 1: ‘A university education is becoming so costly – in the USA – that it’s not worth the investment.’
Proto, R. (2010) Is college still worth the investment? HICE SCHOOL, 30 June
Randy Proto, the President and CEO [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 16th, 2010
The University of New Brunswick
This has been a busy week for me, which accounts for the low number of postings. Earlier in the week, I was conducting a consultancy for the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Saint John. (For readers outside Canada, Fredericton and Saint John are [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 9th, 2009
Background
This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’ My blogs on this topic were prompted by my dissatisfaction with the Canadian Council on Learning’s report on ‘The State of e-Learning in Canada.’ (Click here to see my review of their report.)
I [...]
By Tony Bates, on October 12th, 2009
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2009) National Action Agenda on 21st Century Skills Tucson AZ: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has put forth a set of National Action Agenda Principles to clearly define and advance 21st century skills and core content in the United States.
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By Tony Bates, on August 12th, 2009
Moltz, D. (2009) Skills Training à la Carte Inside Higher Education, Aug 12
An article about modularised competency-based training at Kellogg Community College, Michigan. Note this is NOT online learning, but it does not take a stretch of the imagination to see how it could be applied to online learning. Indeed, one of those [...]
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