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2 reports on the future of education

future of universities... 2 reports

NARCIS has been developed by the KNAW to increase visibility and retrievability of Dutch scientific research. NARCIS gives access to scientific information consisting of full-text publications from all the Dutch universities, KNAW, NWO, and a number of research institutes, the datasets of the institute DANS, as well as descriptions of research projects, institutes and researchers. Research news from, among others, Intermediair Nieuws, Science Guide and several universities is presented on the homepage of NARCIS with access to the full articles. The news content is refreshed every hour. NARCIS can notify you automatically by an RSS feed on new full-text publications, datasets and the newest research in your area of interest.

peer2peer university. interesting concept. have to dive a bit deeper into it.

University of the People (UoPeople) is the world's first tuition-free, online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education.

Open educational resources website with lots of lectures from high profile universities as Yale and MIT

Open Learn > Open University 

YouTube page with all university channels. Interesting videos.

another OER initiative by the founder of the successful Cramster.com community website.

great blogpost showing many OER, OCW and other websites that host resources for learning. recommended.

Open2.net is the online learning portal from The Open University and the BBC.

University of the People (UoP) is the world's first tuition-free, online academic institution and will open its virtual doors in April 2009.

Andy Lane (Open University) on the sustainability of Open Educational Resources

My paper at Ed-Media 2008. Abstract; In 2007, Delft University of Technology started Delft OCW (Open Courseware), a project with the objective of publishing educational resources online. This paper focuses on the future of this project, and describes the results of the research on its sustainability. The advice includes (i) the development of a more decentralized environment for Open Educational Resources (OER), (ii) the involvement of other OER projects, educational institutes, private organizations, and end-users, (iii) the management and support of this environment through tools and protocols, and (iv) deploying various business and revenue models to address the full potential of the project.

and another online university / learning platform

dScribe, short for "digital and distributed scribes," is a methodology developed by students and faculty at the University of Michigan to leverage the interest and talent of students in working with faculty and staff to transform educational material into open educational resources (OER).

Building Virtual Communities examines how learning and cognitive change are fostered by online communities. Contributors to this volume explore this question by drawing on their different theoretical backgrounds, methodologies, and personal experience with virtual communities.

virtual communities..