Book review: Clark Quinn’s ‘The Mobile Academy’
Quinn, C. (2012) The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, 120 pp
The author points out that 90% of the world's...
Innovative e-learning in the Vancouver area
I worry about the often negative tone of many of my posts. It was therefore a great pleasure to attend the joint Justice Institute...
List of web 2.0 tools for instruction
Lloyd, M. (2010) 18 Web 2.0 tools for instruction Campus Technology, April 28
This very useful article asks two experts, Sarah Robbins (aka Intellagirl), of...
The Horizon 2010 report on emerging technologies for education
Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). The 2010 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium
The New Media Consortium's annual...
The state of e-learning 2009
It's that time of year again. Here's a personal look back at e-learning in 2009 (I will do another blog on priorities for Canadian...
Examples of technology-based learner-centered teaching
Villano, M. (2009) Expanding the cannon Campus Technology, October 1
An article on three projects where undergraduate students at 'Duke University (NC), Coastal Carolina ...
Province, industry, and university partner for mobile learning research
Alberta Government (2009) 'New research program takes classroom anywhere, anytime', News Release, Feb 20
'The research conducted by Dr. Kinshuk, the newly appointed iCORE/Xerox/Markin Industry...
The Horizon Report: 2008 Australia-New Zealand Edition
The Horizon Report: 2008 Australia-New Zealand Edition (304K, 32 pp) is available from the NMC website. The 32-page report is free, and has been...
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.