23. Beyond MOOCs

This article from Educause begins by stating how everyone in higher education is acutely aware that universities today are under enormous pressure to reduce costs, adapt new technologies, collaborate globally, serve a diverse student body, include the under served, develop an international brand, improve rates of completion, anduch more. Each of these pressures represents both a threat and an opportunity. MIT's Eric Grimson focused on a few significant challenges facing higher education such as different students. Today's students are a different generation of learners. Another challenge is technology trends. Students expect the ability to acess information and communicate with others anytime and anywhere. The article expresses how technology provides students with the ability to personalize their learning, and also allows students to collaborate in new ways. Historically, the university has been a clearly defined place and the university community has been the people at that physical location. Now students can access a university's resources from any location at any time. The article states that if feeing MOOCs and other changes in the way that educTion is delivered requires rethinking the iT infrastructure. Institutions will have to define the capabilities they want, along with the types and applications and services they need.

I feel the article as a whole, has a good firm grip on what they stand for and can provide for the education programs. I feel like this could help in a way. The only thing that sends a red flag would be the cost, and knowing how the budgets are in schools today how can this become possible?