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Where are we going? • “Christensen noted that Harvard Business School doesn't teach entry-level accounting anymore, because there is a professor out at Brigham Young University whose online accounting course "is just so good" that Harvard students use that instead. When outstanding becomes so easily available, average is over.” • "MOOCS will change the world and make the rest of higher education obsolete. Hyper-prestigious universities are driving all the change. Umm, I don't think so, folks," Jack Wilson, president emeritus of the University of Massachusetts
Questions we asked • 27 responses – 23 unique institutions
Heads up! Live participation needed!
For discussion • IT in higher ed (or education in general) is replete with unfulfilled promises of how teaching and learning would be revolutionized. • Do we really (really, really) mean it this time? • Why will it happen (“stick”) this time? What’s different?
For discussion • Accessibility and affordability are big “watch words” these days. MOOCs have been proposed as potential solutions to either or both… • Are MOOCs less costly to build and sustain than other models of education including bricks and mortar? • Are MOOCs a more affordable option for individuals to meet their career and life aspirations?
A Familiar Question • Channeling our good friend and colleague Brad (to name just one)… • Isn’t this just the sort of core app or service that higher education should collaborate to deliver for ourselves rather than rely on vendors to deliver?