Models for selecting and using technology: 4. Synchronous or asynchronous?
This is the fourth post in a series on selecting and using technology for teaching and learning. The first three were Models for selecting and...
Models for selecting and using technology: 3. Broadcast or communicative?
This is the third post in a series on selecting and using technology for teaching and learning.
The first two were Models for selecting and...
The digital future of higher education, on video
Videos have now been posted of presentations at two conferences in British Columbia, both looking at the future of digital learning.
The digital future of...
Instructional design: the times they are a’changing
Last week I attended a very interesting workshop, called Just ID, at the University of British Columbia. The workshop was organized with the support of...
Some basic assumptions about e-learning challenged
Guri-Rosenblit, S. and Gros, B. (2011) E-Learning: Confusing Terminology, Research Gaps and Inherent Challenges Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 25, No.1
Following its admirable policy...
How will glass affect the future of e-learning?
I don't often show commercials, but Corning's 'A Day Made of Glass' set me thinking about how its vision for the future could inspire...
Developing engaging online assessment strategies
Boettcher, J. (2011) Evidence of Learning Online: Assessment Beyond The Paper, Campus Technology, February 23
Online learning offers the opportunity for innovative, more authentic forms...
Online search versus $168 textbook
Schaffhauser, D. (2011) Student Research: Can Googling Replace $168 Intro to Psych Textbook? Campus Technology, February 16
11 University of Cincinnati seniors in the psychology...
Distance Education in Afghanistan
Kuchi family near Bamian © Tony Bates, 2010
My experience in Afghanistan
I worked on a UNESCO project for four months in Afghanistan...
Integrating web 2.0 and LMSs
Mott, J. (2010) Envisioning the post-LMS era: the Open Learning Network Educause Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1
I've just caught up with this important article...