Embedded Learning
Introducing two new contenders as examples of tomorrow’s university.
Business Models | Gary Lewis, October 13, 2011 7:02 am | 
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An Example of Tomorrow’s University?
Is BioCurious a precursor of a new non-institutional model for learning?
Business Models | Gary Lewis, July 22, 2011 9:58 am | Comments Off
The Futures of Higher Education
In this post I respond to George Siemens’ recent request for contributions on the future of education.
Tags: higher education costs, higher education institutional change
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, March 26, 2010 8:23 am | Comments Off
Learning Exchange 05
Do learning exchanges offer a viable institutional form capable of scaling beyond the local?
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Business Models, Learning Exchanges | Gary Lewis, March 9, 2010 8:25 am | Comments Off
Learning Exchange 04
How would learning exchanges actually function? The work of Elinor Ostrom may provide many of the right questions to ask.
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Business Models, Learning Exchanges | Gary Lewis, March 5, 2010 8:50 am | Comments Off
Learning Exchange 03
In a learning exchange, learning is considered a commons for the benefit of all members. That sounds good, but is it actually possible?
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Business Models, Learning Exchanges | Gary Lewis, March 2, 2010 9:42 am | Comments Off
Learning and the Commons
For those of us concerned with the future of learning, there is a message in the research and history of the commons.
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Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, February 19, 2010 9:48 am | Comments Off
Status Report, September 2009
In July 2008 I posted the first installment of what I hoped would become an annual report. It was an attempt to consolidate my learning over the previous year and to reflect on possible directions for future projects. July 2009 came and went without a new annual report, but I still think the exercise is important. Evidently annual is too restrictive, so here is my latest Status Report.
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Business Models, Commentary, Research | Gary Lewis, September 22, 2009 8:05 am | Comments Off
University Fuses and Pricing
Pricing requires answers to tough questions about what, why, and how a college or university does what it does. If not teaching and learning, then what? Read more.
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Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, April 17, 2009 9:44 am | Comments Off
Think Twice About the Economic Stimulus Lifeline
This one is for my university friends who grapple every day with charting the future direction of their institutions. When it comes to the economic stimulus bill now being considered by Congress, you’ll want to ask yourself if manna from heaven is worth the price. Read more.
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Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, January 28, 2009 10:39 am | Comments Off
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