Good to see discussion and analysis triggered by our data, but let’s not compare 2017 apples to 2018 oranges and make grand pronouncements
Big Picture
The "Big Picture" category covers larger trends and topics that influence both the problems that technology can help address in education as well as the barriers to implementing high-quality technology-supported education. This includes research-based topics such as learning science and program effectiveness studies, philosophical discussions such as outcomes definitions, and macro-forces such as government policy, markets, and business models.
Welcome Change: OpenStax using more accurate data on student textbook expenditures
How do you save students money that they weren’t already spending? You can’t, and OpenStax adjusts their savings data in a welcome move in the OER community.
UF Online’s New Corporate Partner: Discover Financial joins Walmart with Online Education benefit
UF Online adds another corporate partner in Discover Education, following news about Walmart. Are they defining an alternate approach than most OPMs to marketing & enrollment?
Empirical Educators Define the Project
EEP is people!
Postscript on Rio Salado Coverage: Clarity about different outcome types
Rio Salado College responds to e-Literate coverage – there’s a lot of useful context on Rio’s student outcomes, but responses still do not address low rates of degree-seeking students getting degrees.
Rio Salado College As Exemplar: A critical external view
Once again Rio Salado College is held up as a successful model of a public college in the modern age. But do the claims of success stand up to scrutiny? A review of the data shows cause for questioning the popular narrative.
Rio Salado College As Exemplar: A critical internal view
Once again Rio Salado College is held up as a successful model of a public college in the modern age. But do the claims of success stand up to scrutiny? A sample of online courses shows cause for questioning the popular narrative.