Enjoying summer I hope you are all having a well-earned break. Here in Vancouver we are enjoying a wonderful summer. I hope you are finding similar ‘Goldilocks’ weather: not too hot, not too cold, not too dry (although there is still time for all this and  more). However, because of the summer I have been […] The post A personal history: 21. Open and distance learning in Japan and South Korea first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

On the 28 June (2024) a proposal for an Open European University that is “student-centred, inclusive, digital and green” has been supported by the European Commission with a grant of 14.4 million euros (nearly C$21 million). What is the Open European University? At the moment, it is mainly a collaborative arrangement between eight national and […] The post Four questions about the newly proposed Open European University first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

Ehlers, U-D. and Eigbrecht, L. (eds) Creating the University of the Future A Global View on Future Skills and Future Higher Education Springer VS https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42948-5 pp. 637 This is an open access book in pdf. This a very long review, but this is such an important book on the future of higher education that it […] The post Book review: ‘Creating the University of the Future’ by Ehlers and Eigbrecht (eds.) first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

  I have just returned from Monterrey in Mexico. I had been invited to join Tec de Monterrey’s celebration of 35 years of innovation in digital and distance education. I had been invited because of my long association with Tec de Monterrey and its online activities. What was I doing in Monterrey, Mexico? Tec de […] The post Which institution is the world leader in digital and distance education? first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

This will be my last post for three weeks as I am taking a vacation, back at the beginning of June. 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 […] The post A personal history: 20. Identifying best practices for ed tech faculty development first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

Am I qualified to comment on this topic? It is with some hesitation that I am publishing this post. I decided to retire completely partly because of the complexity of the issues around the use of AI for teaching and learning, my relative lack of knowledge of the precise ways AI models work, and my […] The post What should universities do about AI for teaching and learning? first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

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 history of educational technology. Note that these posts are NOT meant to be deeply researched […] The post A personal history: 19. Some reflections on research into the costs and benefits of online learning first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

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 history of educational technology. Note that these posts are NOT meant to be deeply researched […] The post A personal history: 18. Developing the first online programs at UBC – and in Mexico first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

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 history of educational technology. Note that these posts are NOT meant to be deeply researched […] The post A personal history: 17. Innovation in distance education at UBC first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more

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 history of educational technology. Note that these posts are NOT meant to be deeply researched […] The post A personal history: 15. How technology changed distance education in the mid 1990s first appeared on Tony Bates ..read more