Higher Education Data and Statistics Resources–Fall 2011

 

Interactive Map of Public Financing by State 2010-11 –Part of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Almanac of Higher Education 2011.

The 2011-12 Chronicle of Higher Education's Almanac – Resources for National data on Student demographics, finances, enrollment trends, and more.

NCES-2011 Learning at a Distance: Undergraduate Enrollment in Distance Education and Degree Programs – A summary of enrollment data since 2000-2008.

Related:

Allen, E., & Seaman, J. (2008). Staying the course: online education in the United States 2008. The Sloan Consortium. Babson Survey Research Group. Retrieved October 11 2011, from http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/pdf/staying_the_course.pdf

Articles on Technology in the Classroom:

 (Here, I am posting articles that I have recently read with a brief summaries and links)

 

1. Faculty Focus: Wikis in the Classroom…

Web 2.0 tools (wikis) vs. Learning Management Systems (LMS), the power and uses of wikis.

2. Faculty Focus: The Pitfalls of Social Media

The do’s and don’ts of social media-the law and how to protect faculty, students, and the university.

3. Inside Higher Ed: New Higher Education Model   (Oct. 6, 2011)

4. Inside Higher Ed: Online Education's Individualist Fallacy  (Oct. 6, 2011)

An alternative perspective to #3.

5.  Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0

 

 

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 Last Updated: October 8, 2011

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