Online Course Design Rubrics, Part 1: What are they?
Bits & Bytes
"Bits and Bytes" includes recommended reading on other sites, editorial and web site updates, and other ephemera.
OPM Readings: New policy briefing from UCT and other useful coverage
Four recent articles about the OPM market that are worth reading.
Is Microsoft or Google your next LMS? The view from BETT
Notes from BETT 2019 show in London looking at Microsoft Teams and potential as a learning platform competitor
OER Survey and Adoption Growth: It pays to check source material
Chronicle coverage of BSRG OER survey confuses key data on OER adoption. #informationliteracy
MOOCs in Decline: Insights into multi-year data from MIT and Harvard
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.
Grand Canyon Education Acquires Orbis: We have new segment of OPM market
Grand Canyon University parent company isn’t playing around – buys Orbis for $362 million to fully enter OPM market
Coursera CEO Interview: Betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees
Getting past rev-share vs. fee-for-service artificial dilemma; the real choice for OPM market may become low-cost vs. full-cost online degrees