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Tony Bates offers three major prediction sets: first, that we may begin to see more online program managers (OPM) in Canada as the companies begin to lobby provincial governments; second, "we will certainly see a push from several right-leaning provincial governments in 2020 for better 'metrics' from universities and colleges, such as measures of 'output' (e.g. degree completion rates, graduate employment) as well as 'input' (finances, etc.)"; and third, while we may see more moves toward the use of learning analytics, the main issue here is measurement. And he points out, "it is just not good enough now for academics to sit back and say we can do this but AI can't. Where's the evidence?"

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