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Technology and the Broken Higher Education Cost Model: Insights from the Delta Cost Project

Although U.S. higher education has faced numerous crises and dilemmas in its history, the situation in which colleges and universities find themselves at the moment is indeed different. Shrinking public subsidies coupled with historic rises in tuitions come at the same time that colleges and universities have been tasked to dramatically increase the number of […]

7 Questions to Ask Open Source Vendors

Open source vendors can save institutions money and resources, but it’s important to ask the right questions up front to avoid surprises. Campus Technology Full Article

Problems plaguing UW’s online course management system

A technological glitch is confounding information technology experts and causing major headaches for some students and professors across the UW System as the 2012-13 academic year gets under way. eCampus News Full Article

Gates Foundation Offers Grants for MOOC’s in Introductory Classes

Hundreds of thousands of students worldwide are flocking to free online courses in topics like artificial intelligence and data analysis. But what about the student who’s struggling with basic algebra or English composition? Wired Campus Full Article

How Not to Fire a College President

On a languorous Sunday in June, low season on the campus of the University of Virginia, Prof. Larry Sabato opened a perplexing e-mail. “My instant reaction,” he said, “was that I thought we’d been hacked.” The New York Times Full Article

Open source: The new normal in higher education?

With larger communities of helpful technologists, colleges prove willing to experiment with open-source software eCampus News Full Article

Stanford announces 16 online courses for fall quarter

The university, which pioneered massive open online courses, unveils two new homegrown software platforms to host the courses. Stanford University Press Release

edX Offers Proctored Exams for Open Online Course

Students enrolled in a free open online course offered through edX will now have the option of getting their learning validated with a proctored final exam, under a new program announced today. Wired Campus Full Article

Virtual Ed. Addresses Teacher-Certification Questions

States grapple with how to ensure the quality of online educators Education Week Full Article

Watch the videos: OUA launches online Leaderships Series

The online videos feature four key speakers – Olympic gold medallist Lydia Lassila, Geelong midfielder Jimmy Bartel, acclaimed businesswoman Ita Buttrose and Westfield Matildas Sarah Walsh. Open Universities Australia Watch the videos