Conference on cognitive science and education at McMaster University
What
The two-day event brings together educators, cognitive scientists and policymakers to explore how cognitive science can be applied to educational policy and instructional design....
The role of open universities post-Covid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OGoH1q4Kms
Anadolu University
Anadolu University in Turkey is nominated by the Turkish Higher Degree Act of 1981 as the national provider of distance education. Enrollment in...
Defining quality and online learning
The issue
Institutions are struggling to define online or digital learning for their students. In particular, students need to know whether a course requires attendance...
Has online learning gone backwards because of the pandemic?
Back to the classroom model
I was recently struck by a comment my former colleague Diana Laurillard made in a podcast for Mark Nichols' excellent...
Two surveys on academic integrity in online learning during the pandemic
Colby, E. (2022) Concern about Academic Integrity in Online Courses Decreased Among College Instructors After Experience with Remote Instruction Higher Ed Dive 26 January
Wiley (2020)...
Investigating Indigenous learners’ experience of online learning
Davey, R.C.E. (2019) "It will never be my first choice to do an online course": Examining Experiences of Indigenous Learners Online in Canadian Post-Secondary...
Groundhog day in online learning? What’s different this time
The pandemic grinds on
I've entered 2022 with a sense of déjà vu. After nearly two years of Covid, it's like going back to the...
Successful competency-based learning in a California school system
West, C. (2021) How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers The Hechinger Report, December 19
In my search for relevant...
What I did in online learning in 2021
This is my (self-imposed) 'accountability' report for 2021, mainly for personal reasons, but it will also give readers of this blog a chance to...
A Review of Online Learning in 2021
2021: still bad but better
In my review for 2020, I wrote 'Goodbye - and don't come back', a reaction to the horrible year caused...
About Tony Bates
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.