Online learning and a knowledge-based economy
Florida, R. and Spencer, G. (2015) Canada has two growth models, but we've been neglecting one Globe and Mail, Oct 7
Boyd, D. (2015) Canada’s party...
Book review: A History of the Open University
Weinbren, D. (2105) The Open University: A History Manchester: Manchester University Press/The Open University, 274 pp + notes, £18.99, C$31.61, US$22.30 (paperback edition)
Why you...
Next steps for the European HE system
Klemenčič, M. and Ashwin, P. (2015) What's next for Europe? Inside Higher Ed, May 26
As my holiday in Italy draws to a close, I...
Lessons about researching technology-enhanced instruction
Lopes, V. and Dion, N. (2105) Pitfalls and Potential: Lessons from HEQCO-Funded Research on Technology-Enhanced Instruction Toronto ON: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
Since it's...
UBC develops an institutional strategy for learning technologies
Bates, S. et al. (2015) UBC’s Learning Technology Ecosystem: Developing a Shared Vision, Blueprint & Roadmap Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia
I've not been...
Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age: key takeaways
I have now completed and published Chapter 11, 'Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age', for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...
A future vision for OER and online learning
For each chapter of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, I am developing imaginary but hopefully realistic scenarios. In this scenario,...
Ease of use as a criterion for technology selection in online learning
I felt myself cringing as I wrote this section for my book on 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. Talk about do what I say...
My five wishes for online learning in 2015
Predictions, schmedictions. No-one can guess the future but we can at least say what we would like to see. So here are my five...
Educational technology 30 years on: why hasn’t education changed much?
Bates, A.W. (ed.) (1984) The Role of Technology in Distance Education London/New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis
For some inexplicable reason, Routledge, of the publishing group Taylor...