Invitation to attend an address by Dr. Tony Bates

To: The UNB Saint John Community
From: Robert MacKinnon, Vice-President, UNB Saint John

Dr. Tony Bates will be speaking at UNB Saint John on Tuesday, May 11 at 12:30 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Dr. Bates is part of the ongoing speaker series at UNB as part of our strategic planning initiative.

Tony Bates specializes in e-learning in higher education. His blog on resources for e-learning receives more than 10,000 hits a month. He has written nine books on distance education and learning technologies, and has consulted in more than 35 countries. Clients include the World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, ministries of education in several countries, state higher education commissions in the USA, Volkswagen AutoUni, the Open Universities of Catalonia and Portugal, the Government of Alberta, and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Due to rising interest from people outside of UNB, we have decided to open this presentation up to the external community, as well. Please forward this invitation to anyone you feel would be interested. Those who are interested should RSVP directly to Melissa Dawe (mdawe@unb.ca). Come and join me for an afternoon of refreshments and enlightenment about the vast world of e-learning.