A theory of change for higher education.
Academics and Academia
The "Academics and Academia" category covers topics related the ways in which colleges and universities function that are relevant to technology-supported education. One key aspect covered here is pedagogy—how people teach—and how technology impacts teaching and learning.
But this category also includes more institutional aspects that are relevant to technology-supported education, such as how campus leadership supports (or doesn't support) new initiatives, politics and bureaucracy that impact these efforts, and so on.
Finally, "Academics and Academia" covers commercial and non-profit services that provide support for technology-supported education initiatives, such as Online Program Management (OPM) companies.
Extension Engine and OPM Market Transparency
A couple of weeks ago, our response to Open SUNY’s Request for Information (RFI) on Online Program Management services (OPMs), we published an abridged version of our response on our company website and wrote a post about our observations here on e-Literate. Since, then, ExtensionEngine has followed suit. Here’s the introduction to the version that […]
Blackboard Learn Ultra in 2018: Is it ready and does it matter?
Asking and updating a three-year-old question about an important LMS development.
Expansion of OPM-Derivative Model: Disney covers online degrees for hourly employees through Guild Education
Disney hands employees new educational benefit (with all four fingers), expanding Guild Education’s influence in market
Noodle Partners and the Boundary of the OPM Product Category
John Katzman says…
The Boundaries OPM and What Lies Beyond: The SUNY Example
SUNY’s recent Request for Information (RFI) provides some lessons regarding the still-fuzzy definition of “Online Program Management.”
OPMs are a Subset of a Bigger Market
Everybody wants to rule the world. Or at least get a share of its revenues.