eVersity’s experience highlights a major challenge that states like Arkansas and California face when trying to create a new fully-online institution – the accreditation process is incredibly slow.
Strategy & Change Management
"Strategy and Change Management" covers campus implementation and cultural change management aspects new technology-enabled educational approaches.
Fear Itself
A guest post by Carnegie Mellon researchers gives us more perspective and follow-up information on a study about faculty reluctance to adopt “innovative” teaching practices.
Enrollment Implications Regarding Directive for Online Community College in California
Governor Brown has directed that the California Community College System create a new, online college. What do the enrollment numbers indicate?
Recommended Reading: Fear of Looking Stupid
A Carnegie Mellon University anthropological study identifies a few common reasons why faculty hesitate to try new teaching practices, among which is a fear of looking stupid. IHE columnist John Warner responds.
Setting a Standard for Explanations in Learning Science and Ed Tech
Ed tech and learning science are both littered with obscure and hard-to-read journal articles written for a handful of other experts on one hand and empty puff pieces on the other. We need a middle ground.
Do For-profit Institutions Converting to Non-profit Affect Distance Education Enrollment Numbers?
There has been no material effect of institutional control changes from for-profit to not-for-profit for the periods covered in the DL Compass report (Fall 2012 through Fall 2015).
Digital Learning Compass: New report on distance education higher ed enrollments
Distance learning continues to grow, with a little more than half of the total enrollments from students who are taking both online and on-campus classes. That said, the number of students studying on a campus has dropped by almost one million between 2012 and 2015.