Regulatory Overreach
Mar 06, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Richard Vedder says the approval by the House of Representatives of a bill ending credit-hour and “state authorization” legislation is an important step in reining in the Obama administration.
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Defending Online Learning, Part One
Feb 28, 2012 by Thomas K. Lindsay |
Once a skeptic, Thomas K. Lindsay now sees online education as a powerful means to address the crisis in American higher education.
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The Many Problems of Online Education
Dec 20, 2011 by J.M. Anderson |
Online courses are very popular with students, and have the enthusiastic endorsement of senior academic administrators. The only problem, says J.M. Anderson, is that the students aren't learning anything.
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Is Higher Ed on the Brink of Major Change?
Oct 12, 2011 by George Leef |
In the recent book by Clay Christensen and Henry Eyring, The Innovative University, the authors contend that many colleges and universities will be left in the dust unless they figure out how to adapt, much as companies have crumbled… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Answering the Critics of Online Education
Aug 29, 2011 by Douglas Campbell, Shannon Lynch-McClure |
The online classroom is different from, not inferior to, the traditional classroom, argue two faculty members of an online university.
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What Happens to the Old Universities?
Aug 17, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the new book, The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out.
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Online Education and Student Attrition
Jul 26, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Our regular contributor Jason Fertig offers some thoughts about online courses at NRO, and links to a CHE story about a recent study concluding that such courses have significantly higher attrition rates than… Continue Reading | 7 Comments >
The Dangerous Mr. Khan
Jun 07, 2011 by David Clemens |
Khan Academy's video lectures may work for teaching math and science, but history gets short-changed in favor of quick information transfer and a too-zoomed-out big picture view.
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YouTube U
May 12, 2011 by David Clemens |
At a recent Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar on “Education and Liberty in the Digital Age,” the conferees considered whether the Internet cum computer constitute “disruptive technology” that will… Continue Reading | 12 Comments >
Is the Internet a Mad, Hallucinating Deity?
Mar 28, 2011 by David Clemens |
In “The Library of Babel,” Jorge Luis Borges imagines a gargantuan Library in which are shelved books that together exhaust all possible combinations of letters. Obviously, “[f]or every rational line or… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
College for the Credential, Work for the Education
Dec 28, 2010 by George Leef |
David Bass decided on getting his college degree entirely through online courses. His college classes, just as he had thought, did little to advance his capabilities in comparison with all the on-the-job training.
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Forecast: Iridescent Drops of Nothingness
Nov 10, 2010 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood predicts that online education, either rigorous or at “the level of a video game,” will become a standard feature of American college instruction.
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Students of the Screen: What’s Next for Online Ed?
Nov 05, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Four articles this week give a window into the debates over online education. Two NAS professors who have taught online courses - and care about rigorous liberal education - wrote at NAS.org. David Clemens argues that online education's… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Test Drive a Hybrid College Course
Oct 29, 2010 by Jason Fertig |
A combination of online and in-class instruction can help restore academic rigor in college courses.
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Online Ed’s Niche Role
Oct 29, 2010 by David Clemens |
Online education should serve as a home for orphaned liberal arts and "boutique" courses for motivated students.
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