Does the U.S. accreditation system discriminate against online learning?
Vedder, R. (2012) The Unholy Alliance Against Online Learning, Bloomberg, October 29
Yes, says Richard Vedder, professor of economics at the University of Ohio. He...
MOOCs move into credit-based higher education
Kolowich, S. (2012) MOOCs for credit, Inside Higher Education, October 29
This article reports on an interesting deal signed between Coursera and Antioch University. Antioch is...
Update on the free University of the People
Sanchez, C. (2012) Online university for all balances big goals, expensive realities, National Public Radio, August 27 (also available as audio)
Report on the current...
What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs
TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...
A new blended model for a for-profit/not-for-profit college aimed at Latinos in the USA
Fain, P. (2012) New college, new model, Inside Higher Education, May 7
This is a nugget for those interested in new business models for universities.
Ameritas,...
Harvard joins the MITx project
Lavoie, D. (2012) EdX Online Learning Project Announced By Harvard, MIT Huffington Post, May 2
Harvard University has joined the MITx project, now renamed edEX, supported...
Will MITx work?
Coughlin, S. (2012) MIT launches free online 'fully automated' course, BBC News, February 13
This article provides details of MITx's first course, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,...
Book review: Quality assurance in distance education and e-learning
Jung, I. and Latchem, C. (2012) Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning New York/London: Routledge
What the book is about
'There is relatively...
Stanford profs explore new business model(s) for open learning
Kolowich, S. (2012) Massive courses, sans Stanford, Inside Higher Education, January 24
This is an excellent article about two of the Stanford professors, and another...
New international quality label for e-learning courseware
epprobate is a new international quality label for courseware, an initiative of three organisations: The Learning Agency Network (LANETO), the Agence Wallonne des Télécommunication (AWT) and the e-Learning Quality Service Center...