By Tony Bates, on November 13th, 2009
Jaschik, S. (2009) Breakthrough on Open Access Inside Higher Education, September 15
An article on a plan by five Ivy League universities to fund peer reviewed open access journals for publications by their own faculty. I’m still struggling to understand why these publications would not be free, if they are open access, and why anyone needs [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 4th, 2009
Adelman, C. (2009) The Spaces Between Numbers: Getting International Data on Higher Education Straight Washington DC: The Institute for Higher Education Policy
A report that takes a close look at the way statistics on higher education systems are compiled, and the dangerous lack of consistency resulting in false conclusions being drawn from comparisons.
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Jaschik, S. (2009) [...]
By Tony Bates, on October 6th, 2009
Tuchman, G. (2009) Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University Chicago: University of Chicago Press
‘Based on years of observation at a state school, Wannabe U tracks the dispiriting consequences of trading in traditional educational values for loyalty to the market’ – written by a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut.
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By Tony Bates, on July 8th, 2009
‘While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative side of the house has been almost entirely corporate……Last week, in a move that could lead to a shake-up of the industry, Colorado State University and San Joaquin Delta [...]
By Tony Bates, on July 3rd, 2009
Means, B. et al. (2009) Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies Washington, DC: US Department of Education
From the Abstract
A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online learning. Analysts screened these studies [...]
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