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A personal history: 19. Some reflections on research into the costs and benefits of...

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

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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: 17. Innovation in distance education at UBC

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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: 15. How technology changed distance education in the mid 1990s

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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

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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 ed tech: 10. Why I emigrated to Canada

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A personal history: 8. The start of the digital revolution

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1985 was a significant year for me. I got my first desk-top computer and discovered the Internet. The state of technology in 1984 It is hard...

A personal history: 7. Distance education in Canada in 1982

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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: 6. Satellite TV in Europe and lessons from the 1980s

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Satellite TV in Europe Under the leadership of Jacque Delors, by 1985 the European Economic Commission in Brussels was pushing hard for greater European economic...

A personal history: 5. India and educational satellite TV

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