Some facts about Coursera
Coursera (2012) Coursera hits 1 million students across 196 countries Coursera Blog, August 9
As of August 9th, 2012:
16 participating universities (Stanford,Washington, UC San Francisco,...
Guest post: a review of the Ontario government’s discussion paper on transforming post-secondary education
Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario's Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge Toronto ON: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
in the ides of summer (June 27), the...
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,...
Strategies for innovation in post-secondary education
Kim, J. (2102) 5 ideas to support innovation in higher education, Inside Higher Education, February 6
Joshua Kim offers up five interesting strategies for encouraging...
Which university is No. 1 on iTunes U?
According to the BBC (and they can't be wrong, can they?) it's the U.K. Open University, with 40 million downloads so far:
Coughlan, S. (2012)...
Book review: Quality assurance in distance education and e-learning
Jung, I. and Latchem, C. (2012) Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning New York/London: Routledge
What the book is about
'There is relatively...
Will big data answer our questions about online learning?
Fain, P. (2012) Big data's arrival, Inside Higher Education, February 1
Sorry for the one week gap in posting, but I've been working on a...
CVU’s report on the state of online university education in Canada: first heal thyself
Canadian Virtual University (2012) Online University Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Athabasca University AB: Canadian Virtual University.
The report was commissioned by the Canadian Federal...
Adjuncts, LMSs and lack of training: an accident waiting to happen?
The use of underpaid, untrained adjunct faculty is one of higher education's dirty little secrets, especially (but not only) in the USA. The two...
For-profit online enrollments down in 2011
Fain, P. (2011) More selective for-profits Inside Higher Education, November 11
One major factor in the slow down in online enrollments overall in 2011 in...