‘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'...
How to keep up with new technology in online learning
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'...
What I wanted to say to the Minister about online learning
The opportunity
I don't mix with politicians or high level decision-makers, so when I was offered a seat next to Deb Matthews, Ontario's Minister of...
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...
The day Spain lost Catalonia
I'm in Barcelona for a conference on innovation in teaching in higher education, organized by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). As I worked...
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...
A better ranking system for university teaching?
Redden, E. (2017) Britain Tries to Evaluate Teaching Quality Inside Higher Ed, June 22
This excellent article describes in detail a new three-tiered rating system of...
A brighter future for Athabasca University?
Coates, K. (2017) Independent Third-Party Review of Athabasca University Saskatoon, SK
This report, 45 pages in length plus extensive appendices, was jointly commissioned by the...
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...