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Requiem for a Heavyweight – Lessons to Learn from the Problems at UC Online
This article was originally posted at e-Literate In 2009, the University of California finally decided to offer online education with a system-wide initiative called UC Online. Based on an...
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Mobile in Ed Tech: Moving Beyond Browser Replacement
This article was originally posted at e-Literate In 2003 Steve Jobs made a speech to the International Design Conference in Aspen, and the audio for this speech has just been re-discovered and...
View ArticleCEO Transition at Blackboard is Latest Move in Corporate Turnaround
This article was originally posted at e-Literate On Monday of this past week Michael Chasen announced that he is leaving Blackboard, the company he co-founded in 1997 and has led as CEO since...
View ArticlePostscript to CEO Transition at Blackboard
This article was originally posted at e-Literate There are three additional management changes at Blackboard not mentioned in my recent post – two announced over the past week and one announced...
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Is Higher Education Ready For Rapid Evolution of xMOOCs?
This article was originally posted at e-Literate Recently I wrote a post arguing that xMOOCs such as Coursera, edX and Udacity will likely evolve and that “while the current examples of massive...
View ArticleKuali: A Primer for Community Source Administrative Systems in Higher Ed
This article was originally posted at e-Literate I was recently invited to attend a user conference – Kuali Days in Austin, TX – and was struck by the disconnect between Kuali’s relatively low...
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Online Educational Delivery Models: A Descriptive View
This article was originally published at EDUCAUSE Review. Update (11/27): This post has been amended to include the full article. Although there has been a long history of distance education,...
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Canvas Network – Are the LMS and MOOC Markets Colliding?
This article was originally posted at e-Literate Six weeks ago I posted a new graphic on the LMS market which included MOOCs in the same view as traditional LMS solutions. In the comments to the post...
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Project Blue Sky: Big Boost to OER From . . . Pearson?
This article was originally posted at e-Literate In June 2012, Campus Technology interviewed some higher education leaders in the use of open educational resources (OER) to discuss the major challenges...
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Babson Report on OER in US Higher Education
This article was originally posted at e-Literate The Babson Survey Research Group just released their report on OER usage in US higher education, “Growing the Curriculum: Open Education Resources...
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Further Evolution of MOOCs with Academic Partnerships and MOOC2Degree Launch
This article was originally posted at e-Literate One of the fastest growing educational delivery models over the past year is the school-as-a-service concept, where companies like Pearson, 2U, Academic...
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Snapshot of LMS Market for Large Online Programs in the US
This article was originally posted at e-Literate The transformation of the higher education LMS market continues, and I expect more changes over the next 2 – 3 years. However, it seems time to capture...
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Emerging Student Patterns in MOOCs: A Graphical View
This article was originally posted at e-Literate Thanks to feedback from my last post, I have modified the proposed description of patterns for students engaged in MOOCs. I also want to introduce a...
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How did we get here?
For some organizations, the intended destination is much clearer than the road to get there. Managing siloed business units and attempting to integrate multiple systems in their journey to growth can...
View ArticleBusiness Analyst – Business Process Analyst
Business Analyst Job Description: A business analyst works directly with Delta Initiative’s customers to help them understand business issues and data challenges faced by their organization. The...
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Student Business Analyst Job Description: A student business analyst works directly with Delta Initiative’s customers to help them understand business issues and data challenges faced by their...
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Change is the new normal…
… and understanding exactly what your problems are is not an easy task. Businesses and organizations are tackling problems on many fronts. Understanding the underlying causes can be extremely...
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Ellucian Live Preview: The Next Generation
As some who read our blog may know, I’ve been attending what is now known as Ellucian Live for a number of years. Just before last year’s conference, Datatel and SGHE completed their merger to become...
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Higher Education Focus: The Student-Centric Approach
As a leader in Higher Ed, how are you managing the challenges of rising expenses, enrollment pressure, and fierce competition for alumni dollars? More and more institutions are choosing to solve this...
View ArticleEllucian Live Review
A couple of weeks ago, I attended Ellucian Live to hear how the company was performing, see any updates to their strategy, and to gather customer reactions. It has been five months since Ellucian...
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