CFHE12: Higher-ed changers...

I have joined the CFHE12 MOOC created by Downes and conducted through D2L... I great chance to learn a bit aout D2L, which soon will be UMUC's new LMS, and also get to discuss the Future of Higher-Ed with some other educators around the world.

I'll use this blog, which I had left to die for years now ;-) as a way to track some of my thoughts. Maybe in doing so, I can revive this medium once again, and capture some of my ideas and reflections, which I still often have, but don't really share other than through my Diigo bookmarking mania (see link on the side of this blog).

For the first discussion, we were asked about the major drivers of change... Sir John Daniel pops right into my head. So, from October 8, here is my post...

As I read through all the articles about the changes in HE, Sir John Daniel speeches still ring true. The iron triangle still explains the forces of change and push-pull relationship in education in general, and HE, namely: the tight relationship between cost-quality-access. Daniel makes the point that technology has the potential of 'breaking the iron triangle' (sometimes called the eternal triangle). But, it still very much a complex issue to be solved. Technology will require appropriate practices and policies that ensure that high  quality can be achieved, with open access at a low cost. 

Here are some places where this concept is well defined: 

http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2011presentation/Pages/2011-12-15a.aspxhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/916/1739 

--Stella.