Coleman's idea is that higher education is an active pursuit -- a performing art. Her vision calls for lots of one-on-one interactions between professor and student, deep engagement with primary sources, highly individual majors, and the destruction of the traditional academic department. It's a lofty goal that takes plenty of hard work to keep on course.

Anant Agarwal, president of edX, talks about experiments;massive open online courses; the provocative experiment in higher education. 'Whenever something is declared the subject of "the year of," you know said subject is ripe for a big fat backlash. So, when The New York Times declared 2012 "the year of the MOOC," it thus came to pass that massive open online courses should next become the subject of massive, open, often online criticism, as critics gathered to air both their... '

George Siemens taught the first MOOC back in 2008. He shares his take on why the class room is still valid -- and what might happen next in higher ed.

an interesting debate on the effectiveness of students evaluation

New data from Wharton suggests MOOCs are helping business schools reach new audiences.

A very interesting article by looking back the historical development of evaluations and debates on the effectiveness of student evaluations

a good practice paper on various questions/doubts in applying online course evaluations in higher education

list some major problems in course evaluation, some quotes from City too.

The purpose of this report is to examine the latest issues and trends in course evaluation. In-depth interviews have been conducted with 10 senior academics and student representatives to draw out a general sense of how universities are currently approaching the 'process' of student surveys, and what improvements need to be made to gain more effective student feedback on courses and lecturer

a good check list

A good report based on change experiences from various universities

a good article on applying technolgy enhanced peer assessment

New models of HE

international journal of human resource management