California State University partners with Pearson for system-wide online program
PRWeb (2012) California State University Selects Pearson to Launch Cal State Online Long Beach CA: PRWeb, August 22
The California State University is the largest system...
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...