A personal history: 5. India and educational satellite TV
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 4: Some educational technologies in the 1980s
Image: Bob Fuller, 1985
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open...
A personal history: 2. Researching the BBC/Open University broadcasts
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history of open learning and educational technology: 1. The start of the...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
An AI-informed discussion of research methods in digital learning
The Athabasca University Doctor of Education in Distance Education
Each year I do a webinar with Ph.D students in the Doctor of Education in Distance...
AI comes to my web site – meet Tonybots
Resistance is futile
First made popular by the Daleks in the BBC series Dr. Who in the 1960's (sorry, Star Trek fans), this phrase reflects...
Some reflections on the future of open and distance education following ICDE conference
The ICDE 2023 conference in Costa Rica has prompted me to think about the future of open and distance education. I want to go...
Day 1 of the ICDE conference in Costa Rica
The ICDE conference opened today in San Jose, Costa Rica, celebrating the 85th anniversary of its founding.
The reports on sessions below were chosen based...
Back to school: some things to look for
As faculty and instructors return to campus, here are some publications that may be of interest, if you can find the time during the...
AI for teaching and learning: revision of Chapter 9, Section 4 of ‘Teaching in...
Although the third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age was completed only in August, 2022, recent developments in AI, such as ChatGPT, has...