Tony Bates (75), an eminent pioneer in online learning decides to retire and looks backwards and forwards.
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elearning at eCampus ULg's curator insight,
April 19, 2016 11:17 AM
Nice job crossing this model with the PLE !
Alfredo Corell's curator insight,
January 23, 2014 3:25 PM
A very useful guide from one of the Pioneers in Content Curation
Anne-Laure Conté's curator insight,
December 14, 2015 3:04 AM
What about a test on this matter at the baccalaureat ? |
Rose Heaney's curator insight,
June 11, 2014 8:31 AM
I am always interested in What Terry has to say.
becool's curator insight,
February 7, 2014 8:52 AM
Good to read some figures on Distance learning in the UK. Important quote at the end: "The opportunities to democratise education are enormous. But given that providers do not have a business model through which they can make money from free courses, it may not be the death of distance learning just yet." Thx for this short summary @Steven Verjans
Eduardo Hamuy's curator insight,
February 1, 2014 5:26 AM
El aprendizaje en los EVA de la educación superior, parece proponer este libro, debe combinar interacciones sincrónicas y asíncronas. En conjunto logran el compromiso y la profundidad requeridas.
Robert Schuwer's curator insight,
December 28, 2013 2:35 AM
Trends accelerating Educational Technology in HE for short, medium and long terms described. Also challenges for Educational technology adoption in HE, urgent, difficult and wicked. Finally, developments in Educational Technology, adoption in one year, 2-3 years and 4-5 years are summed up.
For 2014 this means: Accelerating trends: Online, hybrid, and collaborative learning and Social media use in learning; Challenges: Low digital fluency of faculty and Relative lack of rewards for teaching Developments: Flipped Classroom and Learning Analytics |
Important quote: "And then there’s MOOCs. I can’t express adequately just how pissed off I am about MOOCs – not the concept, but all the hubris and nonsense that’s been talked and written about them. At a personal level, it was as if 45 years of work was for nothing. All the research and study I and many others had done on what makes for successful learning online were totally ignored, with truly disastrous consequences in terms of effective learning for the vast majority of participants who took MOOCs from the Ivy League universities. Having ignored online learning for nearly 20 years, Stanford, MIT and Harvard had to re-invent online learning in their own image to maintain their perceived superiority in all things higher educational. And the media fell for it, hook, line and sinker. This is a battle I no longer want to fight – but it needs fighting. [...] Lastly, I am concerned that the computer scientists seem to be taking over online education. Ivy League MOOCs are being driven mainly by computer scientists, not educators. Politicians are looking to computer science to automate learning in order to save money."
Lastly, I am concerned that the computer scientists seem to be taking over online education. Ivy League MOOCs are being driven mainly by computer scientists, not educators. Politicians are looking to computer science to automate learning in order to save money. - See more at: http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/04/15/time-to-retire-from-online-learning/#sthash.nbZTm0rt.9n4fINW3.dpufAnd then there’s MOOCs. I can’t express adequately just how pissed off I am about MOOCs – not the concept, but all the hubris and nonsense that’s been talked and written about them. At a personal level, it was as if 45 years of work was for nothing. All the research and study I and many others had done on what makes for successful learning online were totally ignored, with truly disastrous consequences in terms of effective learning for the vast majority of participants who took MOOCs from the Ivy League universities. Having ignored online learning for nearly 20 years, Stanford, MIT and Harvard had to re-invent online learning in their own image to maintain their perceived superiority in all things higher educational. And the media fell for it, hook, line and sinker. This is a battle I no longer want to fight – but it needs fighting. - See more at: http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/04/15/time-to-retire-from-online-learning/#sthash.nbZTm0rt.9n4fINW3.dpufAnd then there’s MOOCs. I can’t express adequately just how pissed off I am about MOOCs – not the concept, but all the hubris and nonsense that’s been talked and written about them. At a personal level, it was as if 45 years of work was for nothing. All the research and study I and many others had done on what makes for successful learning online were totally ignored, with truly disastrous consequences in terms of effective learning for the vast majority of participants who took MOOCs from the Ivy League universities. Having ignored online learning for nearly 20 years, Stanford, MIT and Harvard had to re-invent online learning in their own image to maintain their perceived superiority in all things higher educational. And the media fell for it, hook, line and sinker. This is a battle I no longer want to fight – but it needs fighting. - See more at: http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/04/15/time-to-retire-from-online-learning/#sthash.nbZTm0rt.9n4fINW3.dpufAnd then there’s MOOCs. I can’t express adequately just how pissed off I am about MOOCs – not the concept, but all the hubris and nonsense that’s been talked and written about them. At a personal level, it was as if 45 years of work was for nothing. All the research and study I and many others had done on what makes for successful learning online were totally ignored, with truly disastrous consequences in terms of effective learning for the vast majority of participants who took MOOCs from the Ivy League universities. Having ignored online learning for nearly 20 years, Stanford, MIT and Harvard had to re-invent online learning in their own image to maintain their perceived superiority in all things higher educational. And the media fell for it, hook, line and sinker. This is a battle I no longer want to fight – but it needs fighting. - See more at: http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/04/15/time-to-retire-from-online-learning/#sthash.nbZTm0rt.9n4fINW3.dpuf