Saturday, October 5, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Why Canada’s current policies towards international students are a form of colonialism

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What am I claiming? This post has been brewing for some time, and has been prompted by the recent announcement that the Federal government is...
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What are the main issues facing digital learning in the future?

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I'm coming up to my 84th birthday next month, and once again I am considering my future work, if any. This has resulted in...

My five wishes for online learning in 2023: and why they ain’t going to...

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Bates, T. (2023) My five wishes for online learning in 2023, Teachonline.ca January 3. I was asked by Contact North to lay out my five wishes for...

Third edition of Teaching at a Distance is now published

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The third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available from here: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev3m/ I have exported in several formats and made it public....

Understanding microcredentials: a report from HEQCO

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Pichette, J., Brumwell, S., Rizk, J., Han, S. (2021) Making Sense of Microcredentials. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. Back to blogging It's now two...

Online learning and (k-12) schools: do we need a different curriculum for online learning?

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This is the third in a series of posts on online learning in the (k-12) school sector. The first was What needs to be done...

Online learning and (k-12) schools: 2. Technology and cost issues

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This is the second in a series of posts on online learning in the (k-12) school sector. The first was What needs to be...

Online learning and law schools during the pandemic

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Thomson Reuters Institute (2020) Law Schools and the Global Pandemic Thomson Reuters (no date: report accessed December 19), pp.16 Holiday reading (for me) I'm going to...

Book review: Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas

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Qayyum, A. and Zawacki-Richter, O. (eds.) Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas: National Perspectives in a Digital Age Singapore: Springer, US$24+ Why...

Why is innovation in teaching in higher education so difficult? 1. The accreditation agencies?

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Horn, M. and Dunagan, A. (2018) Innovation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education San Francisco CA: The Christensen Institute Revisiting an old question A couple of...