Reforming distance education in Portugal

Tajo el Castillo de Almourol, Portugal (from Flickr © Hamster Volador, Creative Commons License)

Hasan, A. et al. (2009) Reforming Distance Learning Higher Education in Portugal Lisbon Portugal: Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education

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This is a report to the Minister from [...]

Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 2

Identifying the problem with higher education in the 21st was the easy part (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1). Much more difficult is finding solutions to the problem.

Summary of the problem

In Part 1, I argued that the challenge for universities today is that

student numbers have increased dramatically,
students are much more [...]

Online education grows, but painfully

Parry, M. (2009) Online education grows, but painfully Chronicle of Higher Education, May 22

This article looks at potential budget cuts for online learning at University of Texas and the Utah e-Learning Connection. The latter is a consortium of public Utah colleges and institutions, and is now definitely being closed down. The article discusses different funding [...]