Thinking about innovation in higher education
Stokes, P. (2011) Want innovation? Remove the barriers Inside Higher Education, October 27
This article by Peter Stokes, an executive vice-president at Eduventures, has some...
#Change 11: Week 6: Managing Technology: final thoughts and closing
I'm wrapping up this week of the MOOC by drawing attention to a few more excellent comments to my last post (and my responses),...
Why the current professional development model is broken
Introduction
The faculty development workshops and conferences have ended, and most faculty and instructors have headed off for a well earned vacation. Many thousands will...
Online learning in the Garden of Eden
Daniel, J. (2011) 20 Years of Distance Education in the Garden of EDEN: Good News and Bad News EDEN 20th Anniversary Conference: Learning and Sustainability:...
Quality assurance in e-learning: two developments
Have you just seen Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and can't wait to get there? If you can get it organized in a week,...
For-profits, student loans, new rules, and how these affect students in the USA, Canada...
For profits are in the news again for several reasons.
The Obama administration has produced new rules that determine whether for-profit institutions will qualify for...
Book: Managing Technology in Higher Education now available
Bates, A. and Sangrà, A. (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co.
Now out!...
What Presidents think of technology investment for teaching and learning
Green, K., Jaschik, S., and Lederman, D. (2011) Presidential Perspectives Inside Higher Education, March 4
Not much, it appears.
Inside Higher Ed sought the frank and...
Hard data on online learning in Ontario
Ontario's Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is to be congratulated for undertaking a comprehensive survey of online offerings in its post-secondary institutions. The...
Institutional measurement: completion or attainment?
Moltz, D. (2011) Is completion the right goal? Inside Higher Education, February 16
This article discusses a paper by Arthur M. Hauptman, who challenges the...