Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

The World Academy Forum on the Future of Global Higher Education.

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I just came back from this conference at the University of California at Berkeley that took place between October 2-3. The World Academy of Art...

CNIE conference on Leadership and Innovation in Learning

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I was in Ottawa in early May also to give a keynote at the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education conference. I am ashamed...

No. 7 aha moment: strategy matters in online learning

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This is the eighth in a series of posts about the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational technology, where I...

UBC is going big with online and flexible learning

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Yesterday (March 11), Stephen Toope, the president of the University of British Columbia, sent an e-mail to all faculty announcing a strategy to increase...

Athabasca University’s President to stand down – but not soon

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Following the termination of four senior executives last week, Athabasca University's President, Frits Pannekoek, announced on Monday in an e-mail to staff that at...

No digital strategy for Canada

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Just clearing my desk and came across a few items that are worth a mention that I didn't get round to before. I'm doing...

Full report on the Open University of Catalonia now available

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Contact North (2012) The Open University of Catalonia: Fully Online Multi-lingual Innovation-focused Accredited Sudbury ON: Contact North In an earlier post I wrote about current research...

Serving remote and rural communities: lessons from 25 years of Contact North

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Paul, R. (2012) Contact North: A Case Study in Public Policy Sudbury ON: Contact North From the report: In the April 22, 1986 Speech from the...

An archive of alI I know about online learning

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At the recent COHERE conference I delivered two keynotes: Meeting the challenge of technology: are we failing as managers? Designing university teaching to meet the needs...

COHERE conference on blended learning

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I was privileged to be the key speaker at a conference organized by Canada's Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research (COHERE) and the...