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- Inside Higher Ed: Tuition Revenue Down
The comments the article linked to below bring back to mind: John Templeton (June 2005): “Most of the methods of universities and other schools, which require residence, have become hopelessly obsolete. Probably, over half of the universities in the...
- Bill Gates On His Foundation's Health And Education Campaigns
What have you learned so far about MOOCs, or massive open online courses? Are they a superior alternative to traditional classrooms, or is this the best available solution for students who can’t attend a traditional university? If you look at who’s...
- Why I Spent 10th Grade Online - By Sophia Pink
The debate about online education is polarized — it’s either a grand solution for schools’ troubles, or it’s a menace. For example, the Economist recently reported that, because of MOOCs, “the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their...
- Be The Disruptor
Found via Farnam Street. There is also an interview with the co-authors HERE. Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation provides a framework to understand how businesses grow, become successful,...
- What Campuses Can Learn From Online Teaching
Thanks to Will for passing this along. Higher education is at a crossroads not seen since the introduction of the printing press. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other campuses, the upheaval today is coming from the technological change...
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MOOCs’ disruption is only beginning - By Clayton M. Christensen and Michelle R. Weise
Link to article: MOOCs’ disruption is only beginning
JOURNALISTS, AS 2013 ended, were busy declaring the death of MOOCs, more formally known as massive open online courses. Silicon Valley startup Udacity, one of the first to offer the free Web-based college classes, had just announced its pivot to vocational training — a sure sign to some that this much-hyped revolution in higher education had failed. The collective sigh of relief from more traditional colleges and universities was audible.
The news, however, must have also had the companies that had enthusiastically jumped on the MOOC train feeling a bit like Mark Twain. When newspapers confused Twain for his ailing cousin, the writer famously quipped, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” Undoubtedly pronouncements over MOOCs’ demise are likewise premature. And their potential to disrupt — on price, technology, even pedagogy — in a long-stagnant industry is only just beginning to be seen.
- Inside Higher Ed: Tuition Revenue Down
The comments the article linked to below bring back to mind: John Templeton (June 2005): “Most of the methods of universities and other schools, which require residence, have become hopelessly obsolete. Probably, over half of the universities in the...
- Bill Gates On His Foundation's Health And Education Campaigns
What have you learned so far about MOOCs, or massive open online courses? Are they a superior alternative to traditional classrooms, or is this the best available solution for students who can’t attend a traditional university? If you look at who’s...
- Why I Spent 10th Grade Online - By Sophia Pink
The debate about online education is polarized — it’s either a grand solution for schools’ troubles, or it’s a menace. For example, the Economist recently reported that, because of MOOCs, “the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their...
- Be The Disruptor
Found via Farnam Street. There is also an interview with the co-authors HERE. Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation provides a framework to understand how businesses grow, become successful,...
- What Campuses Can Learn From Online Teaching
Thanks to Will for passing this along. Higher education is at a crossroads not seen since the introduction of the printing press. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other campuses, the upheaval today is coming from the technological change...