Time to retire from online learning?
Tony Bates,
MooTools the Blog, Beth's Blog,
Apr 16, 2014
Tony Bates is calling it a career. "After 45 years continuously working in online and distance education," he writes, "I've certainly earned the right to stop." Among other reasons, he is upset about MOOCs - not the concept, but the hubris and nonsense - "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." Bates will continue to write and continue the blog, but most activities will end. I think it's fitting to say here that his contribution has been significant and that if I'm granted another 20 years in the business (I'm 55 to his 75) the impact of his work will certainly be felt in my own.
See also: D'Arcy Norman.
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