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An evaluation of Contact North’s AI tools for teachers/instructors: 2. Essay questions

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AI Teaching Assistant Pro I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students, instructors and administrators. Contact North offers a suite of six AI tools for teachers/instructors. In my previous post, I...

An evaluation of Contact North’s AI tools for teachers/instructors: 1. Multiple choice questions

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Evaluating AI tools for teaching and learning I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students, instructors and administrators. In an earlier post I set out a set of criteria for evaluating...

A review of Contact North’s AI tool, AI Tutor Pro

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Contact North's AI tools Contact North has made available for general use a suite of four AI tools for students, instructors and administrators: AI Tutor Pro: aitutorpro.ca AI Teaching Assistant Pro: aiteachingassistantpro.ca AI Pathfinder Pro: aipathfinderpro.ca AI Trades Explorer Pro: aitradesexplorerpro.ca In a previous post,...

An evaluation of Contact North’s AI tools for education

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Contact North's AI tools I've noticed that Contact North is now providing free access to a suite of four AI tools. They can all be easily accessed on Contact North's AI tool landing page:  AI Tutor Pro: aitutorpro.ca AI Teaching...

A personal history: 29. Strategic planning for e-learning: a personal case-study

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I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning. I thought I would share these as there seems to be a growing interest in...

A personal history: 28. Croatia and Chile

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I've been a bad blogger. It's over a month since my last post. Put it down to being fully retired and having other interests. For instance I have been having instruction in acrylic painting, which I have dabbled in...

A personal history: 27. Working and playing in Mexico

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I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning. I thought I would share these as there seems to be a growing interest in...

The crisis in higher education: 8. Thinking outside the box

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Overview I have argued that public higher education institutions can no longer depend on ever increasing revenues for survival. In an era of mass higher education, they need to focus on reducing the cost, to students, parents and government, if...
Western Governors' University's CBL model

The crisis in universities and colleges: 7: shortening time to qualify

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Recap Sorry about the short break in these series of posts but I needed to escape a Canadian winter for a week or so. I am now back (and so is winter). So far in this series I have argued that...

The crisis in universities and colleges: 6: too much (useless) research

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Research: more is not better One way in which the costs of post-secondary education could be significantly reduced without reducing the quality of undergraduates is by culling a lot of unproductive and expensive research. We do not need every faculty...

About Tony Bates

Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.