"Series authors were asked to consider the implications of the rise in online and blended learning on teaching, learning, the student experience and the physical infrastructure of campuses."
"The relationship between cost, access and quality is tight and significant within the mission and the goals of institutions and governments worldwide, and is frequently referred to as the 'iron triangle'; … innovations need to revise not only the learning processes, but also the underlying business models, in order to break the iron triangle."
Archive of a 2012 MOOC created by George Siemens in D2L about changes being faced in higher education. Use the "Content Browser" (lower left) to scan each week's topics.
"… potential driving research questions to position a MOOC initiative on our campus [i.e. UWM]. One of those was "Can MOOCs be offered within D2L to introduce and orient potential students to our online programs?"
"… students ... are concerned with getting the courses they need in the formats that fit their lifestyles … . The Sloan Foundation has dubbed this concept "localness," meaning that student access to education is always local to them, even if they do so through online learning.