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Should all lecturers have to have a teaching certificate? Why the answer is a...
Fredua-Kwarteng, F. and E. (2019) Should all lecturers have to have a teaching certificate? University World News, 9 November
The proposal
My colleague Clayton Wright sent me the link to this article with the question, to which I replied 'Yes -...
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 not an open publication). These are:
analytics and learning design at the UKOU.
analytics and personality...
MOOCs and student data privacy: a sentiment analysis
Are you still with me as I plough through the special edition on learning analytics from the journal Distance Education? I hope so. I hope this isn't too boring for you but at least I am persistent. I am...
Using learning analytics to predict mastery: a flawed concept?
I'm slogging my way through the special issue on learning analytics in Distance Education, a subscription-only journal, because what is happening in this field is important but mostly wrong in its approach to teaching and learning.
This is the fourth...
Learning analytics and gamification: a significant study
This is the third post reviewing articles in the journal Distance Education, Vol. 40, No.3, a special edition on learning analytics in distance education. The first post was on analytics and learning design at the UKOU. The second post...
Learning analytics and personality traits: a scary night-time story
This is the second post reviewing articles in the journal Distance Education, Vol. 40, No.3, a special edition on learning analytics in distance education. The first article was on analytics and learning design at the UKOU. As always if...
Learning Analytics and ‘Learning Design’
The latest edition of the journal 'Distance Education' is focused on the use of learning analytics:
the aim of this special themed issue...is to foster scientific debate...to understand how learning analytics can lead to an understanding of learning and teaching...
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 an update on the first edition. The main message, structure and content of the book,...
Chapter 11.4 Open pedagogy
Figure 11.4.1 Current landscape of Open. Image: Paul Stacey, 2018
I am in the process of finalising a second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age. (For more on this, see Working on the second edition of Teaching in a Digital...
Chapter 8.7.d Emerging technologies: conclusion and summary
I am in the process of finalising a second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age. (For more on this, see Working on the second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age: some lessons learned about open publishing.)
For the former...
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.