For your reading pleasure, below you will find a few recent Online Learning-related news links. (Our last installment of such links was published last October.) As always, we welcome your comments or additions in the CCCOnline Community . . . and best wishes as you embark upon Spring Semester 2012!“What works—and what doesn't—in online learning” by William Wade (1/13/12)
Commentary from Community College Times:
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Opinions/What-works-and-what-doesnt-in-online-learning.aspx
“Listing Toward Order” by Steve Kolowich (1/10/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/10/us-news-world-report-releases-first-ever-online-college-program-rankings
“'U.S. News' Sizes Up Online-Degree Programs, Without Specifying Which Is No. 1” by Nick DeSantis (1/10/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/US-News-Sizes-Up/130274/
“MIT Will Offer Certificates to Outside Students in Online Courses” by Marc Parry (1/1/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/MIT-Will-Offer-Certificates-to/130173/
“The risks and rewards of online learning” by Chris Bustamante (11/16/11)
Commentary from Community College Times:
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Technology/The-risks-and-rewards-of-online-learning.aspx
“Online-Course Enrollments Grow, but at a Slower Pace. Is a Plateau Approaching?” by Marc Parry (11/9/11)
From The Chronicle’s “Wired Campus” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/online-course-enrollments-grow-but-at-a-slower-pace-is-a-plateau-approaching/34150
“Online Grows, Doubts Persist” by Steve Kolowich (11/9/11)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/11/09/survey-shows-online-enrollments-have-boomed-doubts-about-online-quality-persist
Links from The Chronicle’s Special Report “Online Learning 2011”:
http://chronicle.com/section/Online-Learning/491/?inl
“From Homeric Writings to Cellphone Forensics, Some Favorite Online Resources” (11/6/11)
http://chronicle.com/article/Forum-Online-Resources/129614/
“How Technology Can Improve Online Learning—and Learning in General” by Robert W. Mendenhall (11/6/11)
http://chronicle.com/article/How-Technology-Can-Improve/129616/?sid=cr
The Sloan Consortium published their ninth annual survey; this one is titled “Going the Distance - Online Education in the United States, 2011.”
http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/index.asp
*Related reading on Cultivating Excellence: “Community College Headlines” (12/14/11)
http://cccoexcellence.blogspot.com/2011/12/community-college-headlines.html
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