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Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 9: Evaluate and innovate
In this post I discuss the importance of evaluating each offering of an online course, how best to do this, and then the importance...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 8: Communicate, communicate, communicate
© Care2, 2012In this post I stress the importance of ongoing, continuing communication between instructor and students in an online environment, and in particular...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 7: Design course structure and learning activities
In this post the importance of providing students with a structure for learning online and setting appropriate learning activities is discussed. Indeed, I will...
A new blended model for a for-profit/not-for-profit college aimed at Latinos in the USA
Fain, P. (2012) New college, new model, Inside Higher Education, May 7
This is a nugget for those interested in new business models for universities.
Ameritas,...
A project using e-readers in Africa
Trucano, M. (2012) An update on the use of e-readers in Africa EduTech, March 16
Michael Trucano's excellent World Bank blog here reports on the use...
Going to Online Educa Berlin
Online Educa Berlin begins next week. I will be attending for the first time in many years. If you are also going, I hope...
Blackboard Collaborate 11: a step forward in synchronous learning (or plus ça change….)
Audio-graphics, 1983
I first got involved in audio-graphics in 1980 (yes, that's right, 31 years ago - I'm very old, and so is audio-conferencing). Paul...
Consolidation in the e-learning market? Why it ain’t going to be easy
A couple of items crossed my desk recently that suggests that the e-learning market is ripe for mergers and acquisitions. See for instance:
Kim, J....
e-learning retrospective: 2) how good were my predictions?
On December 30, 2009, I posted my predictions for 2010:
1. Follow the money:
'In many countries, 2010 will be a difficult year financially....So we’ll have...
Google’s Chrome notebook: next year’s big e-learning technology?
Google's Chrome notebook is likely to hit the markets early in 2011. A pilot version is already operating.
Key features:
Price: not determined yet, but likely...
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.