List of states who have joined the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement intitiative
" Understanding of project management and the use of metrics to identify resource needs and provide accountability."
"The Associate Provost for Academic Technology and E-Learning provides institutional leadership in the conceptualization, development, and delivery of online and hybrid courses and programs. In conjunction with the Vice President for Enrollment Management, the Associate Provost develops plans for marketing programs and recruiting appropriate students. The person in this position is responsible for advancing best practices in course design, pedagogies, course evaluation, and assessment of student learning across the campus, using various technologies. The office of the Associate Provost is responsible for training faculty and students in the use of academic technology, whether online or on campus, as well as advocating for the equipment, software, and learning management system most appropriate for effectively offering twenty-first century educational programs. As the Provost's representative on university wide bodies related to academic technology, the Associate Provost plays a major role in shaping university policy and procedures on a variety of academic matters, and in determining the technologies purchased by the university."
Flipping the classroom is not as easy as it might seem. Content delivery is the easy part. The hard part is figuring out what to do in class that keeps students engaged and motivated.
By narrowly tailoring degrees, colleges—and in turn their graduates—have shortchanged the valuable skills that employers seek: communication (writing and oral), creativity, adaptability, and critical thinking.
A good piece that reminds us that any approach to online education, whether pilot or not, must be done with care and intention
Difficult to generalize from such a small sample, but I think the study has some truth to it. The research found that they almost always used e-book readers, mobile devices, and tablet computers for nonacademic reading but relied on paper printouts for academic reading.
This is a good infographic on the value of online college education. Put together by Learning House
A comprehensive report of Duke University's first MOOC - student persistence was dismal with only 313 of completing the MOOC out of a total of 12,725 registered.
really terrific post about misconceptions about the way Higher Education will be disrupted