This video interview with Tony Bates discusses the factors at play and the advantages and disadvantages of faculties being responsible for distance education, based on the experience of the University of British Columbia, which unsuccessfully moved to decentralise services in 2003.
To see the video, click Centralised DE at dual mode universities? – Quicktime 320 x 240.mov for Quicktime, or Centralised or decentralised DE? 320×240.wmv for Windows Media
The interview was done for the University of Wisconsin 2009 Annual Conference on distance education
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
