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Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing World
By Paul J. LeBlanc
Historians of this period, possessing the clearsightedness that only time provides, will likely point to online learning as the disruptive technology platform that radically changed higher education, which had remained largely unchanged since the cathedral schools of medieval Europe — football, beer pong and food courts notwithstanding.
Online learning is already well-understood, well-established and well-respected by those who genuinely know it. But what we now see in higher education is a new wave of innovation that uses online learning, or at least aspects of it, as a starting point. The meteoric growth of the for-profit… Continue reading
Posted in Online Education
Tagged Competency-based education, higher education, MOOCs, online learning, Paul J. LeBlanc
The Promise and Potential Peril of Online Learning
A story in 5 pictures
Dave Jarrat
Vice President, Marketing
InsideTrack
I recently reviewed “Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States” – the latest edition of the online learning survey conducted by Babson Survey Research Group in cooperation with Pearson and Sloan-C. The report confirmed my belief that online education holds tremendous promise IF we can provide online students with the support they need in order to succeed.
Let’s look at 5 of the survey’s key findings:
#1 – Online learning is becoming commonplace
#2 – Expanding online learning… Continue reading
The DNA of Higher Education: Innovation Obstacle or Catalyst?
Dr. Marcel J. Dumestre
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Schools of Graduate and
Professional Programs
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
For many people, the title of Clayton Christensen’s and Henry Eyring’s 2011 book The Innovative University is an oxymoron. Traditional universities seem to move at glacial speed and are disinclined toward innovation. As indicated in the book’s subtitle Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out, the authors offer strategies for innovative solutions. A cynical interpretation of their book asks the question: Why do very smart people act against their own self-interest?
Christensen… Continue reading
Posted in Educational Financing, Future of Higher Education
Tagged Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out, DNA of a high quality university, endowment, for-profit university, Harvard University, online learning, The Innovative University, to afford college, traditional not-for-profit universities, traditional school, tuition rates
What Scholars Are Saying About Online Education
By Jeff Dunn
During a recent lecture at Stanford University, scholars and respondents debated the merits of online learning. From the current disruption happening to the technology needed to bring it full circle, the debate covered all the hot-button issues when it comes to education, technology, and online learning.
Read more: edudemic.com
Posted in Online Education
Tagged edtech, MOOCs, online learning, Stanford University, technology
The Myths of Online Learning
John Ebersole
President, Excelsior College
Advisory Board Member, InsideTrack
More than one-third – six million – of all students in higher education took at least one online course in the fall of 2011. Yet despite its growing popularity, online learning continues to be seen in a negative light by politicians, regulators, and some members of the academic community, especially faculty.
There are six commonly heard myths that are often used to denigrate this form of instruction.
- Myth #1: Online learning will reduce the need for faculty. Nothing could be further from
