In this slidecast I try to imagine new types of postsecondary learning organizations. Read more.
Tags: higher education business models, higher education costs, higher education institutional change, learning community
Business Models | Gary Lewis, November 11, 2008 5:37 pm | 
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In this post I suggest one possible business plan for tomorrow’s universities. Read more.
Tags: higher education business models, learning community
Business Models | Gary Lewis, August 10, 2008 8:11 am | Comments Off
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.
Tags: AVOIR, higher education business models, Open University, SocialLearn
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, July 25, 2008 11:34 am | Comments Off
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.
Tags: higher education business models, Open University
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, July 18, 2008 12:02 pm | Comments Off
What might tomorrow’s university look like? Here’s one possibility. Read more.
Tags: higher education business models
Business Models | Gary Lewis, July 14, 2008 8:37 am | Comments Off
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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Tags: higher education business models, higher education costs
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, July 8, 2008 2:25 pm | Comments Off
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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Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, June 16, 2008 9:42 am | Comments Off
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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Business Models, Research | Gary Lewis, June 11, 2008 1:39 pm | Comments (1)
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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Tags: higher education business models, SocialLearn
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, June 2, 2008 10:43 am | Comments (3)
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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Tags: higher education business models, higher education costs, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Research | Gary Lewis, April 25, 2008 11:09 am | Comments Off
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