Online learning in 2020: perfect vision in the Year of the Rat

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Online learning in 2020: perfect vision in the Year of the Rat
Tony Bates, Online learning and distance education resources, 2020/01/01
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. More...