Dr. Tony Bates

Consultant in online learning in higher education with over 25 years experience and over 40 institutional clients

[Dr. Tony Bates @drtonybates]

This is to announce that I am withdrawing from X. If you wish to follow me on social media for my updates on my blog posts, please become a follower on LinkedIn [https://t.co/yeytq2xdpP]

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For my advice on starting a private consultancy company on online learning (or not) see https://t.co/WP4puCWZze

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For why I was fired by UBC and (somewhat connected) a case study of university mismanagement, see https://t.co/bmmwsYu7DS If you were around at the time please add your own views

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Part 24 of my personal history is about honorary degrees - are they a joke? See https://t.co/jYkpBg9FNr

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Welcome back. For my review of a new journal on open and distance education see https://t.co/vkC4UTiJGi

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For my personal history of Open and distance learning in Australia and New Zealand – and 9/11 see https://t.co/eTcjdOsAyb

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For my experience in Innovating in distance education at the Open University of Portugal in the 2000s see https://t.co/ZbUFlJJBYq

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For my personal history of open and distance learning in Japan and Korea, see https://t.co/Gz98XIBqIb

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For my review of articles on digital learning in Higher Ed institutions in different countries see https://t.co/q1yRpCDS0p

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I have asked four questions about the proposed Open European University at https://t.co/IhBzachzQB

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I am worried that due to external pressures our HE institutions run the risk of collapsing from within. For my take on this - and how to prevent it - see https://t.co/NRc7QwoE5d

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For my review of a very important book on the future of post-secondary education see https://t.co/R8YgpjSVOv

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https://t.co/Q6l1el16A3 This is a report on my visit to Tec de Monterrey, Mexico, this week for their 35th anniversary of digital and distance education. As well as the question asked, I discuss my views on the future of teaching and learning in higher education

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For my experiences in identifying best institutional practices for faculty development in teaching and learning, see https://t.co/b5dOOfbJZc

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@ArtDesignLab_Cy Thanks for all the comments - I agree with them all!

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For my views on what universities should do about AI for teaching and learning, see: https://t.co/RBRuVKenmN

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For how to develop a successful online master's program, see https://t.co/pWetiODB4P

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For how we moved UBC's distance courses online in the 1990s see https://t.co/lN6wxCUCIX

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For a diversion to Texas for a videoconferencing project under NAFTA see https://t.co/qo1NYrOsna

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For no. 15 of my personal history on the move to online learning at UBC in 1996 see https://t.co/lCilpNweRz