By Rebecca Wyke - EvoLLLution. Across the United States, public university systems are being forced to re-evaluate their traditional approaches to doing business. Significant shifts in market forces have made this critical to the long-term viability of public institutions. In the first installment of this two-part series, Rebecca Wyke shared her thoughts on the importance of business model transformations for public higher education and discussed some of the barriers that stand in the way of these changes. In this conclusion, Wyke outlines some of the approaches her System is taking to overcome these challenges and set up for long-term viability. More...
09 mars 2015
Attracting and Retaining Adults: Programs Leading to Professions Are Among the Most Successful
By Jennifer Kalfsbeek - EvoLLLution. Contemporary adult learners are savvy consumers of education. They’ve experienced multiple economic crises, under- and unemployment and they are more prudent in their spending. Unlike many traditional-age students who go to college with undeclared majors unabashedly admitting they are not sure what they want to be when they grow up, mature adult learners seek education that directly leads to rewarding careers with opportunities to enhance their quality of life. More...
How SaaS IT Solutions Can Revolutionize the Research Space
By Vas Vasiliadis - EvoLLLution. Information technology (IT) presents new and promising opportunities to stakeholders across the higher education spectrum, regardless of their role. Partnering with vendors to introduce systems that create effective and efficient back-end infrastructures opens up a wide array of benefits for faculty, staff and administrators; the most important of which is the capacity to allow all employees to focus on their main mission and tasks rather than trying to navigate inefficient systems. In the research space, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IT solutions can transform the way academics work. More...
Staying the Course: Engaging and Retaining Non-Traditional Students in Online Education
By Floralba Arbelo-Marrero - EvoLLLution. In today’s higher educational landscape, non-traditional students are increasingly present on both traditional and online campuses, yet as online education has tripled over the past years more and more non-traditional students are opting for an online/blended course load that helps meet their competing demands and obligations. More...
Disruption: The Slow Boil Transforming Higher Education
By Michael Horn - EvoLLLution. In 2009, Joe Marani, a resident of Marshfield, Mass., lost his job during the height of the recession. Having only partially completed college, he was left with few options. Like many Americans, Joe made the decision to invest in himself by going back to school. With a passion for art, he enrolled in a 3D Animation and Interactive Media certificate program at Boston University. More...
Transforming the System: Overcoming Obstacles to Long-Term Viability
Attracting and Retaining International Students: A Primer
By Amit Chakma - EvoLLLution. The population of international students enrolling at institutions across North America is booming. What used to be a niche market is one colleges and universities continent-wide are racing to dominate, especially given the benefits these students can bring to institutions both during and after their enrollment. Western University’s President Amit Chakma chaired the Advisory Panel for Canada’s International Education Panel, and in this Q&A he shares his thoughts on the opportunities and challenges of competing in this marketplace. More...
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day: how do women fare in HE leadership?
Women are woefully under-represented in UK national life, including in the leadership of our higher education institutions. For example, while there are some outstanding female Vice-Chancellors, they remain the exception rather than the norm.
Arguably, the imbalance starts at the very top as the last few people with responsibility for higher education at the Cabinet table have all been men. Oxford has never had a female Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor while Cambridge has only ever had one female Vice-Chancellor. Yet, across the sector, there are now more female than male students. More...
CNIE awards for excellence in the use of learning technologies
By . The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education is one of the main bodies representing those working in online learning and educational technology in Canada. My guess is that the awards will be awarded at the CNIE/CAUSE conference in Winnipeg, May 27-29. More...
Last chapter of Teaching in a Digital Age now published
By . It will be the imagination of teachers inventing new ways of teaching that will eventually result in the kinds of graduates the world will need in the future. More...
Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age: key takeaways
By . However, there are some substantial changes. The focus here is as much on applying basic principles of course design to face-to-face and blended/hybrid learning as to fully online course design.
More importantly, this chapter attempts to pull together all the principles from all previous ten chapters into a set of practical steps towards the design of quality teaching in a digital age. More...
