Australia moves backwards from online apprenticeship training
Raggatt, M. (2015) Government slammed for dumping Energise Oz electrician apprenticeship program Brisbane Times, October 10
Those of you with Netflix may have been watching the...
Defining skills for a digital age
ACT (2105) Unpacking "Career Readiness" Iowa City IA: Act Inc.
ACT Inc, the organisation that designs and administers the most widely used high school standardised tests...
Adult learners, mobile phones and online learning
Sometimes, distance education really is distant. Damian Boyle is a workplace instructor from Northlands College who works with itinerant workers at the remote McArthur...
The role of communities of practice in a digital age
The story so far
I have published the first five chapters of my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. I am now working on Chapter...
Choosing teaching methods for a digital age
Introduction
I'm going to try to pull together here the main conclusions following my discussion of epistemologies, learning theories and methods of teaching that I've...
Models for teaching by doing (labs, apprenticeship, etc.)
Context
I am gradually working my way through Chapter 4 on different models of teaching for my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age.'
First drafts of...
The nature of knowledge and the implications for teaching
Teaching in a Digital Age
I've now just published Chapter 2 of my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age.
Chapter 1 looks at the fundamental changes...
The success or otherwise of online students in the California Community College system
Johnson, H. and Mejia, M. (2014) Online learning and student outcomes in California's community colleges San Francisco CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 20...
Learn to fly – online
Warnock, C. (2014) 1,600 students worldwide take online flight classes Daily Herald, April 5
"Yeah, you'll be telling me next that you can learn to...
Instructional design, the academy and industry: a ‘blended’ event
What: The Academy and Industry: Exploring Instructional Design Roles
In a professional discipline, sometimes there can be uneasy tensions between those in the Academy (i.e. professors...
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.