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
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Staying Online: a new book by Robert Ubell
Ubell, R. (2022) Staying Online: How to Navigate Digital Higher Education New York/London: Routledge, 180 pp
This book was published on September 7, 2021, and...
US$20 million for research into the use of AI for STEM online education
Yes! Weekly (2021) NSF Investing $20 million in effort to transform online education for adults, August 16
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on July 29,...
Research reports on online students in the USA
Magda, A. J., Capranos, D., & Aslanian, C. B., (2020) Online college students 2020: Comprehensive data on demands and preferences Louisville, KY: Wiley Education...
U.S. students respond well to emergency remote learning
Cengage (2021) Digital Learning Pulse Survey: Pandemic Era Report Card Independence KY: Cengage, April 27
Note: this is in the form of an Infographic: it...
Teaching during a pandemic: a longitudinal study
Johnson, N., Seaman, J. and Veletsianos, G. (2021) Teaching during a pandemic: Spring Transition, Fall Continuation, Winter Evaluation Bay View Analytics: Oakland CA, March...
Bridging the Digital Divide: 3: The Fundamentals of Inequality
Goldrick-Rab. S. et al. (2020) #RealCollege During the Pandemic The Hope Centre for College, Community and Justice Philadelphia: Temple University, June, pp. 22
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Bridging the Digital Dive: 2: Technology inequities and solutions
McKenzie, L. (2021) Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from Covid-19 Washington DC: Inside Higher Education, February 2, 27 pp
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Bridging the digital divide in higher education: 1: from a business perspective
Goldrick-Rab. S. et al. (2020) #RealCollege During the Pandemic The Hope Centre for College, Community and Justice Philadelphia: Temple University, June, pp. 22
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Stunning research on inequities of access to online learning in the USA
Figure 1. Percentage of children (ages 0–18 years) learning online whose parents reported that they had inadequate access to the Internet or a computer...
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.