Innovate or die: a message for higher education institutions
It’s funny how reports on the same issue arrive from completely different directions. These four all deal with the issue of innovation and higher education. Baker, S. (2010) Hefce gives out extra...
View ArticleThe calamitous state of higher education in England and Wales
I have to be careful when writing about my home country. Having decided to emigrate to Canada just over 20 years ago, a psychological phenomenon known as ‘cognitive dissonance’ kicks in. This is the...
View ArticleFor-profits, student loans, new rules, and how these affect students in the...
For profits are in the news again for several reasons. The Obama administration has produced new rules that determine whether for-profit institutions will qualify for federal aid in the form of student...
View ArticleThe current madness in online learning: case no. 2
Baker, R. et al. (2018) Bias in Online Classes: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Stanford CA: Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, CEPA Working Paper No. 18-03 Yesterday I ranted at the...
View ArticleUsing learning analytics to predict mastery: a flawed concept?
I’m slogging my way through the special issue on learning analytics in Distance Education, a subscription-only journal, because what is happening in this field is important but mostly wrong in its...
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