Massive growth of online learning in Asia
Adkins, S. S. (2012) The Asia Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2011-2016 Forecast and Analysis Ambient Insight, October
In all the hoopla about MOOCs,...
Who has the richest professors? Canada!?
Jaschik, S. (2012) Faculty Pay, Around the World, Inside Higher Education, March 22
Philip Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Maria Yudkevich, Gregory Androushchak, Iván Pacheco (in press) Paying...
Key points from OECD’s 2011 ‘Education at a Glance’
OECD (2011) Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators Paris: OECD
For those of you interested in educational statistics (and for masochists in general), here's your...
Webinar on Chinese online teaching
Title: The Chinese Top Level Courses: Improving the quality of online courses in a new educational climate
The next presentation in the series of...
China’s telecommunications activities in Africa
Marshall, A. (2011) China’s Mighty Telecom Footprint in Africa e-Learning Africa News Portal, February 15
For those interested in infrastructure for e-learning, this extensive article...
Interpreting international comparisons in academic achievement
OECD (2010) OECD Program for International Assessment Paris: OECD
The media, worldwide, have been having a field day interpreting the latest OECD PISA results, which...
Comparing Chinese and British HE systems through their distance teaching universities
Wei, Runfang (2008) China's Radio and TV Universities and the British Open University: A Comparative Study Nanjing China: Yilin Press
This has been sitting on...
Rapid growth forecast in ICTs in BRIC countries + Indonesia
Boston Consulting Group (2010) The Internet’s New Billion: Digital Consumers in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Indonesia Boston MA: Boston Consulting Group. You can...
New book on virtual campuses worldwide
Schreurs, B. (ed.) (2010) Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon Heverlee Belgium: Europace
This book is essential reading for any student wishing to do research on...
Great expectations for e-learning in 2010
In the Globe and Mail on December 19, Leah McLaren wrote:
'We are living in an Era of Perpetual Advice - and almost none of...
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.