Skills development, credit transfer, quality assurance and the cost of technology in developing countries
These are all topics covered in the October issue of the Commonwealth of Learning's October edition of its Connections journal.
The Commonwealth of Learning is...
Why technology does not lead to lower cost in higher education
Archibald, R. and Feldman, D. (2001) Why Does College Cost So Much? New York: Oxford University Press
Fish, S. (2010) There is no college cost...
Main findings from the 2010 Campus Computing Project
Green, K. C. (2010) Managing Online Education, Encino CA: The Campus Computing Project,/WCET
Kolowich, S. (2010) Internal barriers to online expansion, Inside Higher Education, November...
Tuition fees in England could reach $15,000 a year
Coughlan, S. (2010) Students face tuition fees rising to £9,000 a year BBC News Education and Family, November 3
The UK government is more or...
Using technology to save time and money
Ehrmann, S. (2010) Taking the Long View: Ten Recommendations about Time, Money, Technology, and Learning Change, September-October
An excellent article about how to bring about...
Open content and the costs of online learning
I've been doing some analysis recently of the costs of a fully online master's degree program from a major research university (which for the...
Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...
International comparisons in higher education: the OECD’s Education at a Glance
OECD (2010) Education at a Glance 2010 Paris: OECD
The OECD has brought out its annual 'Education at a Glance Report', which provides data from...
Reforming the university: evolution or revolution?
Who will bring about change?
In reviewing Ehlers and Schneckenberg's 'Changing Cultures in Higher Education', I began to wonder if or how the modern university...
Graph on costs of U.S. college education
US News (2010) The average costs of a U.S. college education US News, August 24
This is an interactive graph based on figures from the...