Imagining Tomorrow’s University
In this slidecast I try to imagine new types of postsecondary learning organizations. Read more.
In this slidecast I try to imagine new types of postsecondary learning organizations. Read more.
In this post I suggest one possible business plan for tomorrow’s universities. Read more.
Lately I’ve been pondering whether there is anything in elearning comparable to Linus Torvalds’ kernel that launched Linux. Here I relate that question to the recent presentation on SocialLearn that Martin Weller made with moderation from George Siemens. Read more.
Martin Weller of the Open University seeks to find the sweet spot between Web 2.0 and education, and points to one possible future for learning. Here’s my reaction. Read more.
What might tomorrow’s university look like? Here’s one possibility. Read more.
Vance Fried proposes a new business model for a college that would provide undergraduate students with “value - a high quality product at a relatively low price.” Many more efforts like this are needed.
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The world could really use some great social innovations. It’s not the technology that’s a limiting condition now. It’s how the technology gets put together. I really hope that advertising is not the social innovation for the web.
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What are the revenue and expense models in use by colleges and universities? And are there combinations of revenue and expense models that indicate some institutions are following uniquely different business strategies compared to their competitors? A study of 1,144 private not-for-profit institutions in the United States suggests some answers.
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The recent exchanges involving Tony Hirst, Stephen Downes, and Martin Weller about elearning business models engage an important topic in a lively, informed, and even-tempered way. But must we leave the discussion off-line, as was proposed?
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In the U.S. currently, many colleges and universities have priced themselves precariously, making low-cost competitors the likely source of disruptive efforts to redefine higher education. Here I try to locate colleges and universities with innovative business models that include a low-cost strategy.
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