Posts by UPCEA
Addressing Declining Enrollments Through Partnerships
According to data from the National Student Clearinghouse, colleges and universities have seen more than six years (or twelve periods) of enrollment decline nationally. Further confirming this are findings from the WCET/Babson study that shows that traditional classroom enrollments have been in decline, to the extent of a decline of over a million enrollments between…
Read MoreRight-Sizing Online Classes
Online: Trending Now #143 A persistent source of controversy and contention in our field is the “right size” for caps on an online class. It it’s too large, there’s not enough individualized attention; too small, there’s not enough interaction and too costly. On behalf of UPCEA, I have the good fortune to talk with many…
Read MorePedagogy, Andragogy, and Now Heutagogy
Online: Trending Now #142 Teaching adults is not the same as teaching children; done well, it affords the adults a level of autonomy, even including the opportunity to determine and direct their learning. Regrettably, we still find university instructors who teach their students as if they were in 19th or 20th century elementary or high…
Read MoreMillennial Managers: The Gateway Toward Alternative Credentials
Society has jeered Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1994 or roughly being between 22 and 37 years of age) for their differences, as opposed to appreciating their unique qualities and strengths. Many entered the economy after earning their bachelor’s degree only to find the economy in a recession and Baby Boomers (those born between…
Read MoreGoogle Curriculum, College Credit (Inside Higher Ed)
Google made its first substantial foray into postsecondary education in January, with the creation of a new online certificate program aimed at people who are interested in working in entry-level IT support roles. Necessity was a key motivator for the technology giant, which like most has struggled to find enough IT hires and also is seeking to…
Read MoreThe Seven Deadly Sins Of Digital Badging In Education (Forbes)
An academic institution’s digital badging initiative is getting off the ground and students are “earning” badges, or micro-credentials, but are they actually providing value to the student toward his or her future career? Many academic institutions are going through this evolution process in deciding to certify learning through credentialing, otherwise known as digital badging to help…
Read MoreUPCEA Issues Comments on Proposed Negotiated Rulemaking September 2018
UPCEA recently commented on the vast undertaking of the rulemaking committee that was proposed by the Department of Education. We find that the proposed depth and breadth of the topics, and the amount of time provided to the committee, coupled with the complexity of those topics and the limited amount of seats at the table…
Read MoreThe Healthcare Industry and Opportunities for Continuing and Professional Education
According to the U.S. Census, there are approximately 326 million people in the United States. In 2016, there were approximately 74 million Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964. At their peak, there was as many as 79 million in the U.S. To put things in perspective, Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1994,…
Read MoreThe Benefit of Higher Education Being Late to Technology-Based Learning
In his recent book Thank You for Being Late, Thomas Friedman analyzes why the world seems to be accelerating away from us at a remarkable pace. His explanation: Humans are adaptable, but no generation has experienced technology, globalization and climate change at the rate we are seeing. As an example, Friedman suggests that if advances…
Read MoreBlockchain Securing the Future
Online: Trending Now #141 Securing networking, empowering dissemination of credentials by students; blockchain opens the doors to large-scale change in higher education. Much has been made of blockchain since it first enabled Bitcoin. Blockchain is a distributed ledger platform that has facilitated anonymous transfer of funds and much more. There are public and private blockchains…
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