Unlocking the Gates (eBook)

How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses

Taylor Walsh (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
320 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3857-8 (ISBN)

Infos

How elite universities are entering the world of online educationOver the past decade, a small revolution has taken place at some of the world's leading universities, as they have started to provide free access to undergraduate course materials-including syllabi, assignments, and lectures-to anyone with an Internet connection. Yale offers high-quality audio and video recordings of a careful selection of popular lectures, MIT supplies digital materials for nearly all of its courses, Carnegie Mellon boasts a purpose-built interactive learning environment, and some of the most selective universities in India have created a vast body of online content in order to reach more of the country's exploding student population. Although they don't offer online credit or degrees, efforts like these are beginning to open up elite institutions-and may foreshadow significant changes in the way all universities approach teaching and learning. Unlocking the Gates is one of the first books to examine this important development.Drawing on a wide range of sources, including extensive interviews with university leaders, Taylor Walsh traces the evolution of these online courseware projects and considers the impact they may have, both inside elite universities and beyond. As economic constraints and concerns over access demand more efficient and creative teaching models, these early initiatives may lead to more substantial innovations in how education is delivered and consumed-even at the best institutions. Unlocking the Gates tells an important story about this form of online learning-and what it might mean for the future of higher education.

Autor

Taylor Walsh writes on behalf of Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit strategy and research service that supports innovation in the academic community.

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: The William G. Bowen Series
• Reihe/Serie: The William G. Bowen Series
• Vorwort: William G. Bowen
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: academic degree • alumnus • Ann Kirschner • asynchronous learning • Blog • Business Model • Carnegie Mellon University • Case study • Classroom • Cognitive tutor • Collaboration • Commission on the Future of Higher Education • community college • continuing education • Core Competency • coursework • Creative Commons • Curriculum • Customer • David L. Kirp • Distance Education • Dotcom • Early Adopter • E-Commerce • ECornell • Education • Educational Software • Educational technology • education in India • Education in the United States • Engineering Education • Faculty (academic staff) • Funding • Google Analytics • Harvard University Press • Hewlett Foundation • higher education • Homework • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Inside Higher Ed • Institution • Landing Page • learning • Learning environment • Lecture • lecture hall • Liberal arts education • Linda Lorimer • Marketing • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • master's degree • Ministry of Human Resource Development • MIT OpenCourseWare • M. S. Ananth • National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning • New Course • Oli • OpenCourseWare • Open Education • Open Educational Resources • Open Learning • Open Yale Courses • operating cost • Outreach • Pedagogy • Peer Review • philanthropy • Planning • Private School • private university • Project • Project Management • Publication • Public institution (United States) • Public university • Publishing • Reputation • Requirement • Reuse • Seminar • Student • sustainability • Syllabus • Teacher • Technology • Textbook • The Chronicle of Higher Education • Tuition payments • undergraduate degree • undergraduate education • University • University of California • University of California, Berkeley • usage data • Venture Capital • virtual university • Webcast • Website • Yale Daily News • youtube
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3857-6 / 1400838576
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3857-8 / 9781400838578