WCET’s analysis of U.S. statistics on distance education
U.S.Department of Education (2014) Web Tables: Enrollment in Distance Education Courses, by State: Fall 2012 Washington DC: U.S.Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics
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The success or otherwise of online students in the California Community College system
Johnson, H. and Mejia, M. (2014) Online learning and student outcomes in California's community colleges San Francisco CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 20...
Hooray for Janet Napolitano and her views on online learning (and public HE in...
Napolitano, J. (2014) A conversation with University of California President Janet Napolitano Sacramento CA: Public Policy Institute of California
Hiltzik, M. (2014) UC's Napolitano throws cold...
New developments in online learning across the University of California system – and the...
To, K. (2014) UC Regents announce online course expansion, The Guardian, UC San Diego, undated, but probably February 5
The University of California system continues...
Book review: The Smartest Kids in the World
Ripley, A. (2013) The Smartest Kids in the World - and How They Got That Way New York/London/Toronto/Sydney/New Delhi: Simon and Schuster
OECD (2013) PISA...
Examining the potential and reality of open educational resources: the 2013 COHERE conference
COHERE (Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research) runs one of my favourite annual conferences. It is relatively small (around 75), the participants are...
An explanation of how ACE accredits MOOCs
Book, P. (2103) ACE as Academic Credit Reviewer–Adjustment, Accommodation, and Acceptance WCET Learn, July 25
Over the next few weeks, WCET will publish a series of...
MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer
This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...
Most U.S. higher education students are also working
Davis, J. (2013) School Enrollment and Work Status: 2011 Washington DC: U.S. Census Bureau
This is a most significant study for online learning:
More than half...
Online learning in California generates controversy
Booker, E. (2013) Online education policy draws fire in California Information Week: Education, January 11
This report of a one-day conference at UCLA: 'Rebooting Higher Education:...