A sustaining innovation: a case of competency-based online learning
Fain, P. (2012) Competing with competency Inside Higher Education, August 6
This article describes in some detail Kentucky's community colleges competency-based online learning programs under...
What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs
TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...
Mexico’s new President proposes a national online university
Long, C. (2012) President-elect plans to grow university enrolment by 50% University World News, July 29
Mexico's President-Elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, who takes office on December...
The impact of online learning on the future of higher education: a response to...
Anderson, J., Boyles, J., and Rainie, L. (2012) The Future Impact of the Internet on Higher Education Washington DC: The Pew Research Center’s Internet...
Ontario students respond to Minister’s discussion paper
OUSA (2012) Educated Reform: Striving for Higher Quality of Education at Ontario's Universities Toronto ON: Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity,...
Is online learning really cracking open the public post-secondary system?
I suspect that I'm not the only one who has been 'disengaged' from the online world of online learning for the past few weeks,...
A new blended model for a for-profit/not-for-profit college aimed at Latinos in the USA
Fain, P. (2012) New college, new model, Inside Higher Education, May 7
This is a nugget for those interested in new business models for universities.
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Study on barriers to online learning in traditional universities and colleges – not
Bacow, L. et al. (2012) Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher Education New York: Ithaka
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this...
Harvard joins the MITx project
Lavoie, D. (2012) EdX Online Learning Project Announced By Harvard, MIT Huffington Post, May 2
Harvard University has joined the MITx project, now renamed edEX, supported...
Roundup of news on online developments in US higher education
Having been on the road for the last two weeks, I've accumulated a backlog of material for the blog. Here I'm providing a very...