Should lifelong learning be state subsidized?

I have argued frequently that universities had yet to grasp how online lifelong learning could be a new line in business and potentially an unfettered source of new revenue – where learners (and their employers) would be prepared to pay the full cost of tuition.

In fact, public two year colleges in North America have realised [...]

1000 postings

Tony blogging

This is the 1,000th posting on this web site since it opened on July 1, 2008, or roughly two posts a day, so self-indulgently, I thought I would provide some stats.

Of the 1,000 postings, 34 were personal blogs about e-learning, and there were 336 approved comments to postings.

The site averages 250 ‘hits’ [...]

Back to work

Flying through the Rockie Mountains at 10,500 feet near the Yellowhead Pass

After a three week break, during which I flew my small plane across Canada from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and back again – an amazing experience the blogs of which can be found at http://flight.tonybates.ca – I am [...]

When the technology fails…

My apologies for the ‘break’ in blogs on the topic of ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’ This has been due to a computer glitch. My computer went sick last week, and it had to go to computer hospital for minor repairs, so I was without my baby for three whole days. I’ve been running [...]

Has e-learning increased access to learning opportunities?

The aim of this blog

This is one of several blogs that explore the question: is e-learning failing in higher education? (See Is e-learning failing in higher education?, and Expectations and goals for e-learning for the context for this question.)

Increasing access

In my last post, the first rationale on the list, and the third in priority for [...]