http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2012/04/19/education-innovation-in-a-silo/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Here's a quote from the article: “'If we break up certification into packages, badges, and classes, who is going to verify the entire package?' asked Josh Jarrett of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation during a session on the future of the degree." Sent from my iPad On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:09 AM, "Wayne Mackintosh" <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Open Learning, the journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning has published a > special Issue on dual mode universities (Volume 27 2012, Issue 1 2012) > > The OERu is profiled in an invited contribution from Sir John Daniel for the > special issue of the Journal: > > Dual-Mode Universities in Higher Education: Way Station or Final Destination? > > Sir John suggests that the OERu is a game changer: > > "One development that could inject new life into the dual-mode model is the > Open Education Resource (OER) University that is being explored by a group of > public universities from several countries." read more ... > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter | identi.ca > Wikiblog > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
