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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?”…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Beyond the buzz, where are MOOCs really going? – from wired.com by Michael Horn and Clayton Christensen
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MOOCs can be much more than marketing and edutainment. We believe they are likely to evolve into a “scale business”: one that relies on the technology and data backbone of the medium to optimize and individualize learning opportunities for millions of students.…
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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...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...How free online courses are changing the traditional liberal arts education — from PBS.org
As tuition costs continue to rise, it seems counterintuitive that professors at top universities would give away their courses for free. But that’s exactly what they’re doing, on web-based platforms known as “Massive Open Online Courses.”
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