A personal history: 27. Working and playing in Mexico
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
The crisis in higher education: 8. Thinking outside the box
Overview
I have argued that public higher education institutions can no longer depend on ever increasing revenues for survival. In an era of mass higher...
The crisis in universities and colleges: 6: too much (useless) research
Research: more is not better
One way in which the costs of post-secondary education could be significantly reduced without reducing the quality of undergraduates is...
Universities and Colleges in Crisis: 5. Reducing the costs of courses and programs
The challenge
In an earlier post, I suggested that post-secondary institutions needed to reduce the costs of degrees or diplomas by 30% to win back...
Universities and Colleges in Peril: 4. Reducing costs
The need to reduce costs
In three previous posts, I tried to make the case that public universities and colleges were losing the support and...
Universities and colleges in crisis: 3. The need to focus on costs rather than...
Universities and colleges in peril
In two previous posts (That was the year 2024, that was and Universities and Colleges in Peril) I argued that...
Universities and Colleges in Peril
An unsustainable higher education system
In recent months, we have seen an existential threat arising for the future of post-secondary education in many countries. Here...
That was the year 2024, that was
Sorry!
First, an apology -actually, two.
First, I haven't posted in over a month, the main reason being I have been quite ill with gastro-entiritis, a...
Using social media to tackle ‘wicked’ problems: rethinking collective decision-making
Dealing with 'wicked' problems
If like me you are so utterly depressed by the current state of political debate and discussion in Western democracies (it's...
Just released! Seven Videos on the Effective Use of Video
The most important lesson from 50 years of research in educational technology
I was asked some time ago: 'What is the most important thing you...