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Online learning environments—on campus or at a distance—and the policy issues that affect them have come to the forefront of higher education. As policy-makers consider how to dramatically increase the percentage of the population with a postsecondary degree or credential within significant, long-term resource constraints, online and blended learning options dominate the discourse. And rapid enrollment growth in e-learning courses and programs signals that students and the public at large also see online and blended options as increasingly attractive.

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State Authorization of Online Learning Programs
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Thinking about Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing World, EDUCAUSE Review, April 2013. Online learning has provided a platform for rethinking delivery models, yet much of accreditation is not designed to account for these new approaches.

The Beginning of Something Big, EDUCAUSE Live! March 2013. This webinar explores "online" learning by asking "What if we used the best technology has to offer?" and "What new models are possible?"

Next Generation Learning: The Pathway to Possibility, NGLC, April 2013. This white paper discusses observations about the innovative approaches used by grantees of Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), The resulting framework was developed with both K–12 and higher education in mind, since NGLC works with both educational systems.

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What Campus Leaders Need to Know About MOOCs: December 20, 2012

MOOCs (massive open online courses) are courses delivered over the web to potentially thousands of students at a time. In a MOOC, lectures are typically “canned,” quizzes and testing ar…
Case Study 21: Shaping the Path to Digital: The Indiana University eTexts Initiative: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Brad Wheeler and Nik Osborne This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Introduction The risi…
Case Study 18: Kansas State University: Creating a Virtual Faculty Consortium: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Elizabeth A. Unger Introduction Change is rapid and seemingly accelerating in our world. The changes often require degrees or certifications not c…
Case Study 16: Penn State World Campus: Ensuring Success, Not Just Access: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Wayne Smutz and Craig D. Weidemann This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License The Pennsylvania S…
Case Study 13: Blended Learning and New Education Logistics in Northern Sweden: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Anders Norberg When campus-based education and various forms of "distance" education converge in a more "blended" format, the phe…
Case Study 11: The CHANCE Program in China: Transforming Students into “Global-Minded” Scientific Investigators and Citizens: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Jacqueline McLaughlin Introduction The Risk America's position in the world may once have been reasonably secure with only a few exce…
Case Study 1: Royal Roads University: Using Synchronous Web Conferencing to Maintain Community at a Distance: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Mary Burgess Setting the Context Royal Roads University, located in Victoria, British Columbia, was established as a special-purpose institution i…
Chapter 17: Going the Distance: Outsourcing Online Learning: May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers Susan E. Metros and Joan Falkenberg Getman Setting the Stage Online learning and game changing are rarely synonymous. Online learning evolved from ea…
Chapter 16: The Postmodality Era: How “Online Learning” Is Becoming “Learning”: May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers Thomas B. Cavanagh Jennifer is a 20-year-old sophomore at a large state university. She lives in a dorm, works as a resident assistant, belongs to a sor…
Chapter 14: University of the People: May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers Shai Reshef This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Introduction Let us think of educati…