Category Archives: Online Trends

Babson Study Confirms Strategic Importance of Online

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

The latest Babson (formerly Sloan-C) study on the state of online learning in the U.S. was released last week. (Babson study link) Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States 2011, by Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman is the … Continue reading →

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A Cloud in Hybrid/Online’s Future?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Cloud computing is one of the major instructional technology trends in the past 5 years and is likely to remain so.  Vendors, with specific software applications, provide comprehensive solutions to IT departments and colleges that are often cash-strapped and lacking … Continue reading →

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Institutional Process Toward Online: Part 2

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

In Part 1 on this topic, I discussed the evolution of hybrid online learning from traditional pedagogy to the point where hybrid/online courses are first offered (as illustrated in the diagram below).  This process is characterized by instructors willing to … Continue reading →

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A Strategic Plan for Online: Guiding Principles

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Strategic plans are written documents, and therein lay their value. For once a college or university creates and publicizes their strategic plan for hybrid/online learning, that policy has weight that mere proclamations by chancellors or presidents do not. The process … Continue reading →

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Landmark Report: Strategic Planning for Online Learning

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

The Association for Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), working with the Sloan National Commission for Online Learning, has produced a landmark study entitled “Online Learning as a Strategic Asset.” This extensive and comprehensive study reinforces some of the main themes … Continue reading →

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The Disaggregated Professor

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Last week’s (August 7, 2011) article in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “Professors Cede Grading Power to Outsiders—Even Computers” triggered a very visceral reaction in me.  While I have been an advocate of hybrid/online learning at my institution, and … Continue reading →

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Institutional Process Toward Online – Part 1

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Online learning has evolved from ‘distance education,” which evolved from the early forms of correspondence courses. The 100+ year span of this history has used various methods of communication, from the U.S. Postal Service in the 1800s, dedicated TV networks … Continue reading →

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