Friday, November 14, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

A review of Contact North’s AI tool, AI Tutor Pro

Contact North's AI tools Contact North has made available for general use a suite of four AI tools for students, instructors and administrators: AI Tutor...

A personal history: 20. Identifying best practices for ed tech faculty development

This will be my last post for three weeks as I am taking a vacation, back at the beginning of June. I am writing an...

A personal history: 18. Developing the first online programs at UBC – and in...

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history: 12. My first couple of years at the Open Learning Agency

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history: 5. India and educational satellite TV

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history: 4: Some educational technologies in the 1980s

Image: Bob Fuller, 1985 I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open...

A personal history: 2. Researching the BBC/Open University broadcasts

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history of open learning and educational technology: 1. The start of the...

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

French translation of the third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age now available

I hope you are having a wonderful summer break. If so all the more reason to read 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. This is now...
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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...