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Loading...Harvard’s plan to dominate higher education – from jumpthecurve.net by Jack Uldrich
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Critics of online education and MOOCs may delude themselves by thinking an online course can never offer the same level of intimacy or interaction as a traditional college course but they are missing a key component of the MOOC movement: analytics.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The Professors’ Big Stage – op-ed from the New York Times by Thomas Friedman
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I just spent the last two days at a great conference convened by M.I.T. and Harvard on “Online Learning and the Future of Residential Education” — a k a “How can colleges charge $50,000 a year if my kid can learn it all free from massive open online courses?”…
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While I think MOOCs have a ways to go, I continue to support them because they are forcing higher ed to innovate and experiment more. But the conversation continues to move away from traditional higher ed, as the changes — especially the prices — aren’t changing fast enough.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Your Massively Open Offline College Is Broken — by Clay Shirky
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This is the background to the entire conversation around higher education: Things that can’t last don’t. This is why MOOCs matter. Not because distance learning is some big new thing or because online lectures are a solution to all our problems, but because they’ve come along at a time when students and parents are willing to ask themselves, “Isn’t there some other way to do this?”…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...College branding: The tipping point — from forbes.com by Roger Dooley
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Change is coming to this market. While there are multiple issues of increasing importance to schools, two stand out as major game-changers.
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Important notes for the boards throughout higher education to consider:
Your institution can’t increase tuition by one dime next year.…
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With thanks going out to Ross Dawson for his recent tweet on this.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Pressure mounts as MOOCs force higher ed to rethink — from centerdigitaled.com by Tanya Roscorla
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As massively open online courses continue to gain traction, they’re proving a disruptive force in higher education.
The traditional emphasis on in-person classes has brought universities to a price point that does not look sustainable, said Adrian Sannier, senior vice president of product for Pearson eCollege.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...MOOCs for credit — from insidehighered.com by Scott Jaschik
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Two announcements this week suggest that MOOCs — massive open online courses — will increasingly include a route for students to receive academic credit.
Georgia State University announced Tuesday that it will start to review MOOCs for credit much like it reviews courses students have taken at other institutions, or exams they have taken to demonstrate competency in certain areas.…
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