What are the main issues facing digital learning in the future?
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...
Organization, Leadership and Change in Open, Distance and Digital Education: book review, Part 1
Zawacki-Richter, O. and Jung, I. (2023) Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Learning Singapore: Springer
Part IV of this open textbook is on Organization, Leadership and Change,...
Petition against direct political interference in universities (concerning Athabasca University)
Buckingham Shum, S. (2023) Athabasca University - Oppose direct political interference in universities Change.org
A petition has been started (already with 230 signatures) on Change.org...
Who shot the sheriff? Why the President of Athabasca University has gone – and...
Well, the gunfight at the Athabasca University corrall is finally over. It was announced a couple of days ago that the university and the...
Well, that was 2022!
It's that time of the year to look back and consider the good and the bad of 2022, but first a couple of provisos.
This...
Outcome of the fight at the Athabasca corrall
For those of you waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the fight between the Alberta government and Athabasca University about relocating most...
The Alberta government fires the ‘non-compliant’ members of Athabasca University’s Board
Rub a dub dub,
Three fools in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three.
The...
Update on remote working at Athabasca University
Tait, C. (2022) Alberta walks back on plan to force online university to move employees to Athabasca The Globe and Mail, August 12
This is...
Discussing the response of school systems to Covid
Online learning and distance education: in conversation with Dr. Tony Bates, 25 February, 2021
Why the interview?
This is a 40 minute video recording of an...
The perversion of the Internet: scraping and selling children’s data from ed tech tools
Human Rights Watch (2022) How Dare They Peep into My Private Life? New York: Human Rights Watch, May 25
The promise and the ideal
I remember...
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.