A review of Stephen Downes’ latest contribution to the theory of connectivism
Downes, S. (2022) Connectivism, Half an Hour, 9 February
In an earlier post I gave an overview of Stephen Downes' latest update of his theory of connectivism....
Stephen Downes latest contribution to the theory of connectivism: an overview
Downes, S. (2022) Connectivism, Half an Hour, 9 February
Stephen Downes has just published an article in his blog that:
presents an overview of connectivism, offering...
Do we need a theory for blended learning?
The value of a good theory
The psychologist, Kurt Levine, said there is nothing more practical than a good theory. When faced with conflicting facts...
Some recent videos on the future of online learning
I'm listing here some of the recordings of recent presentations and webinars that include a good deal of input from faculty and/or graduate students.
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2021...
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...
The importance of ‘intangibles’ in teaching and learning
I'm going to raise a fundamental epistemological issue here about how we know things to be true. This starts off fairly abstractly but like...
Why, ‘logically’, online learning is superior to face-to-face teaching
The issue
I came to this conclusion in the middle of the night by worrying at the distinction between synchronous and asynchronous learning. (Yeah, I...
12 shortish videos on Teaching in a Digital Age
The videos
At the request of the Commonwealth of Learning, I have, with their help, developed 12 short videos introducing the main themes of my...
Learning analytics in online learning: trying hard but need to do better
I have now covered all five main articles in the special August issue of the journal Distance Education on learning analytics (because it is...
Second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age now published
The second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available at https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/
The first edition was published in 2015. The second edition is...
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.