La formation ne laisse pas Google indifférent… - 1 views
Innovation in Online Education - 3 views
http://theconversation.edu.au/online-opportunities-digital-innovation-or-death-through-regulation-9736
Campuses and Online Education - 6 views
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3608157.htm
Meet the High Priest of Runaway College Inflation (He Regrets Nothing) - 2 views
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The way Trachtenberg saw it, selling George Washington over the other schools was like selling one brand of vodka over another. Vodka, he points out, is a colorless, odorless liquid that varies little by maker. He realized the same was true among national private universities: It was as simple as raising the price and upgrading the packaging to create the illusion of quality. Trachtenberg gambled that prospective students would see costly tuition as a sign of quality, and he was right. "People equate price with the value of their education," he says.
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He didn't spend the tuition windfall to shift the professor-to-student ratio or overhaul the curriculum. Instead, he covered the campus in cafés, beautiful study spaces, and nicer dorms. Trachtenberg thought that construction on campus gave the appearance that the school was financially sound and was progressing toward a goal, so his policy was, "Never stop building." If he wanted to erect or renovate two buildings, he would stagger the projects so that jackhammers could be heard constantly around campus. He also introduced a three-day orientation, known as Colonial Inauguration, that featured ice-cream socials, casino nights, and a laser show that cost $2,500 per minute.
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While critics accused Trachtenberg of "educational socialism" for squeezing money out of top-earners, he called it "buying talent" and said that students were more interested in attending a $40,000 school with a $20,000 discount than they were in attending a $20,000 school.
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Sir John Daniel - The Technology Revolution: Coming Soon to Postsecondary Education (15... - 5 views
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We want to stretch the triangle like this: more access, more quality, less cost. But with traditional teaching methods we can’t. It is an iron triangle.
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unhealthy link between quality and exclusivity
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3 vectors of Access, Quality and Cost - and we want to stretch the triangle to have more access, more quality and less cost = "iron triangle" if using traditional teaching methods => unhealthy link between quality and exclusivity in the popular mindset about higher ed; iron triangle can be stretched if we think of higher ed as a system and apply principles of division of labor and specialization (i.e., "unbundle" the professor)
EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research - Undergraduate Students and IT, 2012 - 4 views
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See also infographic at Inside Higher Ed review of the report: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/10/educause-survey-finds-rise-use-and-demand-classroom-technology
MOOCs and exercise bikes - more in common than you'd think - 1 views
Hybrid Pedagogy's MOOC MOOC - A MOOC to Learn About MOOCs » Online Universities - 1 views
History of Higher Education - 3 views
Higher Ed Disruption: Not So New - 1 views
The Campus Tsunami - NYTimes.com - 1 views
The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - The Siege of Academe - 0 views
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