What happens to online students when the Internet goes down?
Holzweiss, P. and Walker, D. (2021) The Impact of a Regional Crisis on Online Students and Faculty Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Vol....
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
This is the third post...
Learning analytics – or learner surveillance?
Crosslin, M. (2019) Is Learning Analytics Synonymous with Learning Surveillance, or Something Completely Different? EduGeek Journal, October 30
This is an excellent, thoughtful article about...
Zuckerberg’s Frankenstein
Prosecutor: Dr. Frankenberg, are you aware that there is a monster roaming the countryside, stealing all the villagers' personal information?
Dr. Frankenberg: Yes, sir, I...
Our responsibility in protecting institutional, student and personal data in online learning
WCET (2018) Data Protection and Privacy Boulder CO: WCET
United States Attorney's Office (2018) Nine Iranians Charged With Conducting Massive Cyber Theft Campaign On Behalf Of...
Developing a next generation online learning assessment system
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2016) An Adaptive Trust-based e-assessment system for learning (@TeSLA) Barcelona: UOC
This paper describes a large, collaborative European Commission project headed by...
Appropriate interventions following the application of learning analytics
SAIDE (2015) Siyaphumelela Inaugural Conference May 14th - 15th 2015 SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 21, No.3
Reading sources in the right order can avoid you having to eat...
Privacy and the use of learning analytics
Warrell, H. (2105) Students under surveillance Financial Times, July 24
Applications of learning analytics
This is a thoughtful article in the Financial Times about the pros...
39 questions to ask when choosing media for teaching and learning
Yeah, 39 questions is a lot, but then there is a lot of things to take into consideration. I pulled together the key questions for consideration...
Balancing the use of social media and privacy protection in online learning
This is the last of the SECTIONS criteria for selecting media for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital World. The last 'S'...
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.