It turns out MOOC activity declines year-over-year in similar fashion to course participation per week, based on new research from MIT and Harvard.
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.
Fate of EDU For-Profits: A look into recent enrollment changes and shut downs
Continuing transformation of former large for-profit systems, with eye-squinting graphics
Fall 2017 IPEDS Data: New Profile of US Higher Ed Online Education
We have the data from IPEDS for Fall 2017 Distance Education enrollment, organized by sector and by state
Contrasting LMS Adoption Patterns in Four English-Speaking Countries
Four countries separated by a common language, and a common set of LMS vendors
Fall 2017 Top 30 Largest Online Enrollments In US – With LMS Usage and Trends Since 2012
A view of the 30 largest enrollments for students taking at least one online course in Fall 2017, with LMS usage and trends since 2012
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
The Empirical Educator Project’s First Public Collaboration
It is almost exactly the six-month anniversary of the Empirical Educator Project’s (EEP’s) first annual summit at Stanford University. The thesis behind EEP is simple: We believe that one of the biggest barriers to increasing student access and success in US higher education is a failure to communicate. We see substantial innovation and progress happening […]