By Tony Bates, on August 23rd, 2010
Keith Hampson’s Higher Education Management Group blog, “And now, we hear from the defense.” (For-Profit Higher Education) brings together some of the arguments for and against for-profit higher education in the USA.
See also his personal post on this topic: For-Profit Higher Ed: Notes By A Sympathetic (But Impatient) Traditionalist
One of the most interesting [...]
By Tony Bates, on July 11th, 2010
Hilton III, J. et al. (2010) Using online technologies to extend a classroom to learners at a distance, Distance Education, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 77-92
This team of researchers (including David Wiley) from Brigham Young University, examined the extent to which a face-to-face course can be shared with learners at a distance. Distance [...]
By Tony Bates, on June 30th, 2010
Keith Hampson’s Higher Education Management Group‘s blog has an interesting post by Keith about the need for new business models in higher education, includes the recommendation of an excellent book on building successful business models, and a description of the four core components of a business model:
Johnson, M. (2009) Seizing the whitespace Cambridge [...]
By Tony Bates, on June 30th, 2010
I came across some blogs about ‘myths’, so I thought I’d put them together.
Myth No. 1: ‘A university education is becoming so costly – in the USA – that it’s not worth the investment.’
Proto, R. (2010) Is college still worth the investment? HICE SCHOOL, 30 June
Randy Proto, the President and CEO [...]
By Tony Bates, on April 5th, 2010
Higgins, A., Prebble, T. and Suddaby, S. (2008) Taking the Lead: Strategic Management for e-Learning Wellington NZ: Ministry of Education/Aotearoa, National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
This project developed a set of resources and tools that will assist institutional leaders to plan and manage their use of e-learning more strategically. The study attempted to [...]
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