Disrupting and transforming the university
| Published | 2014 |
| Journal | Communications of the ACM Edition October 2014, Volume 57, Issue 10, Section 32, Pages 32-35 |
ABSTRACT
Are universities about to be disrupted the way Kodak, Borders, and Blockbuster, all recently in bankruptcy, were disrupted? Blended courses, online learning, and MOOCs are moving at light speed compared to the typical university. This Viewpoint will highlight the opportunities and threats from technology and recommend that higher education institutions morph their business models in response to these challenges.| Keywords | educational technology · Generation Rwanda · higher education · Minerva Project · MOOC |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Copyright held by author. The Digital Library is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2014 ACM, Inc. |
| DOI | 10.1145/2661055 |
| URL | http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/10/178788-disrupting-and-transforming-the-university/fulltext |
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