Is e-learning failing in higher education?

In an earlier posting, the State of e-Learning, 2008, I suggested that e-learning was failing to meet expectations in higher education. In that posting, I reported that David White, Director, EU Commission DG Education and Culture, Lifelong Learning, in his keynote presentation Innovative Learning for Europe at the 2008 EDEN conference in Lisbon, expressed his [...]

Why ICTs are mission-critical for post-secondary institutions

This is the second of three blogs that examine some basic assumptions about technology and education, based on a review of three books: ‘THE TOWER AND THE CLOUD‘, ‘CATCHING THE KNOWLEDGE WAVE‘, AND ‘THE INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNIVERSITY‘. (Click on the titles to see the reviews).

The assumption

In this blog, I [...]

More for Less: Costs of post-secondary education (USA)

Stripling, J. (2009) ‘More for Less’, Inside Higher Education, Jan 15

For the full report on which this article is based go to: Wellman, J. et al. (2009) Trends in College Spending Washington DC: Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability

Trends in college spending, 2009

Wellman, J. et al. (2009) Trends in College Spending Washington DC: Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability

A detailed analysis of costs of the USA post-secondary system, showing that increases in tuition fees have not been matched by increases in instructional activities.

For a discussion of this report, see Stripling, J. (2009) ‘More for [...]