next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week" (1996). Related post.
"Our ancestors sailed across a vast ocean, one third of the earth's surface, and to accomplish this great feat they needed the vision to see islands over the horizon, the ability to plan intentional voyages of discovery, the discipline to train physically and mentally, the courage to take risks, and a deep sense of aloha to bind the crew together during the voyage. These are Hawaiian values but they are also universal values. They worked in the past and they will work today" (Polynesian Voyaging Society and Georganne Nordstrom, "Nainoa Thompson: In Search of History," Horizons, 1999).
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in Transforming Learning Through Technology: Policy Roadmaps for the Nation's Governors, Milken Family Foundation, 1999).
matter. What matters to me is the determined space and time where determined tasks are accomplished. Social historical and political tasks, not only individual ones. . . . The two main tasks of the school: to get the already known knowledge and to produce the knowledge not yet in existence" (In Seymour Papert's "The Future of School," transcripts of a late-1980s Sao Paulo, Brazil, TV broadcast).
and to consider the action of others to give point and direction to his own, is equivalent to breaking down barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity" (Democracy and Education, Macmillan, NY, 1916).
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OBHE/ WCET International Benchmarking
The Evolving Academic e-Learning Endeavour:
the impact of using technology in learning and teaching
Carol Scarafiotti, Russell Poulin, and Don Olcott, Jr., Editors
FINAL REPORT – March 2008
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Dayton Daily News Editorial: “To their credit, Gov. Ted Strickland and Chancellor Eric Fingerhut are upending everything. Their marching orders are that going to college can and has to be affordable, and that Ohio will increase the number of its college graduates. Make no mistake about it: This is a new mind set. . . [...]
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Beata Mostafavi (The Flint Journal): “‘Baker Online changed everything,’ she [Lund] said. ‘No matter how bad I felt, I could keep doing it … and when I left New Jersey for Georgia and then to Mississippi, I could take college with me.’ No re-applying for financial aid, no re-doing credits, just re-connecting to the Internet. [...]
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Meris Stansbury (eSchool News): “In a recent webinar hosted by the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL), titled ‘Increasing Academic Offerings for Minority Students through Online Learning,’ panelists . . . discussed how schools can leverage online learning programs to provide high-quality educational opportunities for underrepresented populations.” (“Panelists: Online learning can help minority students,” [...]
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Jay Pateakos (Herald News): “The Swansea [Massachusetts] School District announced this past week that they will be launching a pilot program of the Virtual High School Global Consortium in September that will enable students to choose from hundreds of high school courses online, including dozens of advanced placement courses and other classes that few high [...]
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