By Azer Bestavros
Assertion #7
Alternative learning credentials may both erode the dominance of traditionalcollege degrees as evidence of competency for employment and introducenew ways to offer degrees by creatively combining and branding multipleeducational components.
The Siege of Academe
For years, Silicon Valley has failed to breach the walls of higher education with disruptive technology. But the tide of battle is changing. This report looks at the onslaught of on-line technologies on higher-education will finally breach that wall.
Web Site is Live
From: Bestavros, Azer
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:49 PM
Subject: Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation: Web site is live
Dear Colleagues,
We wanted to let you know that we have set up a web site for the CETLI at https://www.bu.edu/edtechcouncil and have populated it with basic information: our charge, the final CETLI membership, an initial set of pointers to resources (we will add a lot more), as well as a basic structure for events, news, discussion forums, and member-only intranet.
Please let us know if you have any comments.
All the best,
--Azer and Beth
CETLI Meeting on 10/18
From: Bestavros, Azer
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 2:01 PM
Subject: Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation Meeting on 10/18
Dear Colleagues:
Thank you for agreeing to take on this important charge from President Brown.
As we look forward to seeing (most of) you at our first meeting on Thursday October 18, we would like to ask you to review the various assertions and questions in President Brown's charge (attached for your convenience), and to come prepared to say a few words about your interests as they relate to the issues put in front of us. That said, we realize that for many of us these issues (including emerging trends and offerings made possible by technology) might not have been on our radar. As representatives of various university constituents, an integral part of our work will be to get "educated" on such issues in order to be able to assess (and discuss with the university community at large) the opportunities and challenges ahead of us.
We look forward to working with you all.
--Beth and Azer
Attachment: CETLI Charge
Stanford and MOOCs
Stanford president John L. Hennessy delivered a provocative keynote speech, "The Coming Tsunami in Educational Technology," about the uncertain future of higher education at CRA's 40th Anniversary Conference at Snowbird.
