- English Bay and the North Shore Mountains, Vancouver, January 1, 2013
First of all, for those of you who took a break from work for Christmas, Hanukah or other holidays at this time of the year, I hope you had a great time with family and friends. I also hope 2013 will be a great year for all who read this blog. I believe it will be a terrific year for online learning, a year when it moves from the edge to the centre of post-secondary education. More on this in my outlook for 2013 which will be posted next week.
Second, an apology. The web site was moved to a faster server over the holiday period, but (and this will be hard to believe) it did not go quite as smoothly as I hoped, so it was not possible to post comments and I couldn’t post new material until today. I apologise for this disruption and hope it has not caused too much inconvenience for anyone. In the meantime, many thanks to the technical staff who worked over the holiday period to get the site up and running.
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.
