That was 2017 in online learning
My experience of online learning in 2017
2017 was a very interesting year for me, if not for online learning as a whole. I have...
What inter-provincial differences tell us about government policy on online learning
I have just completed two sub-reports on the 2017 national survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions. The first was on the responses...
‘Why does Canada have so much online learning?’
Online learning in Canada
I was doing my usual stuff in Denmark this week, a keynote on 'Teaching for a digital age: why blended learning...
How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?
I was recently asked if I would answer a couple of questions from students in Royal Roads University's course 'Leveraging Technology in Higher Education'...
Results from the Canadian survey of online learning now available
Bates, T. (ed.) (2017) Tracking Online and Distance Education in Canadian Universities and Colleges: 2017 Vancouver BC: The National Survey of Online and Distance Education in...
Responses to the Canadian survey of online and distance learning
Hi, everyone, and welcome back. I hope you all had a great summer. As many readers will know, I am leading a team conducting...
Update on Canadian survey of online learning
This update builds on two earlier posts:
Building a national survey of online learning in Canada
What is online learning? Seeking a definition
The online...
One reason we are not getting enough engineers in Canada: the professional associations
From nearly 2,500 posts over nine years, none has generated so many comments as Can you teach 'real' engineering at a distance?
What you will see...
A report on university distance education in Québec
Conseil supérieur de l'éducation (2015) La formation à distance dans les universités québécoises: un potential à optimiser Québec: Gouvernement du Québec
This report is now...
Tracking innovations in online learning in Canada
I've not been blogging much recently because, frankly, I've been too busy, and not on the golf course or ski slopes, either. (Yeah, so...