The Year Ahead in IT, 2013
January 3, 2013 – 3:00am
By
Lev Gonick
via Predictions about higher ed technology in 2013 (essay) | Inside Higher Ed.
Jan 032013
Dec 202012
This is one of the best articles to date on where we are with technology and society in higher education today. By Nathan Harden at The American Interest…
In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist.
via The End of the University as We Know It – Nathan Harden – The American Interest Magazine.
Dec 142012
By Chris Proulx at Forbes.com…
2012 was a transformative year in education. Between the introduction of the MOOC (the ‘Massive Open Online Course’), and the explosive growth in the number of online offerings, all eyes were on higher ed. In the past twelve months, students were increasingly able to learn from leading faculty at elite institutions beyond the four walls of their classrooms, and soon, professors will be collaborating across universities to collectively create and distribute for-credit curriculum for an online semester. New high growth players entered the online education marketplace, and universities began to align around interactive platforms. As online certificate programs became more robust and hyper-targeted towards professional development, more and more students looked to gain these credentials as a differentiator in the work force.
via 5 Ways Technology Will Impact Higher Ed in 2013 – Forbes.
Dec 142012
From The Chronicle…
Martin Bean, vice chancellor of the Open U., says the new venture will have a “distinctly British” twist.
Earlier this month, one of Britain’s top newspapers noticed a glaring absence on the British education scene: MOOC’s. “U.K. universities are wary of getting on board the MOOC train,” read The Guardian’s headline. Two institutions, the Universities of Edinburgh and London, have recently signed on to offer massive open online courses via the American company Coursera. Yet in Britain, said the newspaper, “there is scarcely a whiff of the evangelism and excitement bubbling away in America, where venture capitalists and leading universities are ploughing millions” into MOOC’s.
Nov 262012
The “problem” with having a smartphone is that there are simply too many apps to try out. Just as you’ve found 10 good apps to try, another 20 come along, demanding your time and attention. Suddenly, everything else in your life is put on hold, as you try out the latest new iOS game or the latest Android productivity app (ironic, I know).
Nov 162012
If I were a faculty member teaching only basic courses I would start looking to expand my portfolio. From 2U.com…
New Consortium of Leading Universities Will Move Forward With Transformative, For-Credit Online Education Program
Nov 142012
By Jeffrey R. Young at Chronicle.com…
The American Council on Education has agreed to review a handful of free online courses offered by elite universities and may recommend that other colleges grant credit for them.
via MOOC’s Take a Major Step Toward College Credit – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Nov 112012
“MOOC panic” is real. Or at least it seems so after visiting EDUCAUSE 2012.
By Moshe Y. Vardi at Communications of the ACM.
Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?
via Will MOOCs Destroy Academia? | November 2012 | Communications of the ACM.