Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies

Foreword
Molly Corbett Broad
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Chapters

The Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for American Higher Education
Paul E. Lingenfelter
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The Questions We Need to Ask First: Setting Priorities for Higher Education in Our Technology-Rich World
Debra Humphreys
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IT as a Game Changer
Diana G. Oblinger
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From Metrics to Analytics, Reporting to Action: Analytics' Role in Changing the Learning Environment
Linda Baer and John Campbell
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IT Innovations and the Nontraditional Learner
Pamela Tate and Rebecca Klein-Collins
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Why Openness in Education?
David Wiley and Cable Green
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Early Days of a Growing Trend: Nonprofit/For-Profit Academic Partnerships in Higher Education
Daniel Pianko and Josh Jarrett
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Scaling Up: Four Ideas to Increase College Completion
Vernon C. Smith
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Western Governors University
Robert W. Mendenhall
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University of Phoenix
William (Bill) Pepicello
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SUNY Empire State College: A Game Changer in Open Learning
Meg Benke, Alan Davis, and Nan L. Travers
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Athabasca University: Canada's Open University
Dietmar Kennepohl, Cindy Ives, and Brian Stewart
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Providing Quality Higher Education for Adults
Susan C. Aldridge
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University of the People
Shai Reshef
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The Open Learning Initiative: Enacting Instruction Online
Ross Strader and Candace Thille
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The Postmodality Era: How "Online Learning" Is Becoming "Learning"
Thomas B. Cavanagh
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Going the Distance: Outsourcing Online Learning
Susan E. Metros and Joan Falkenberg Getman
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Introduction
Diana G. Oblinger
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Case Studies

Royal Roads University: Using Synchronous Web Conferencing to Maintain Community at a Distance
Mary Burgess
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The Open Course Library of the Washington State Colleges
Tom Caswell
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Austin Peay State University: Degree Compass
Tristan Denley
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Yakima Valley Community College: Using Near-Real-Time Data to Increase Student Success
Wilma Dulin, Sheila Delquadri, and Nicole M. Melander
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Ball State University
Jo Ann Gora
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Mozilla Open Badges
Erin Knight and Carla Casilli
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STAR: Using Technology to Enhance the Academic Journey
Erika Lacro and Gary Rodwell
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OpenCourseWare
Mary Lou Forward
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The Open University of Hong Kong: The i-Counseling System
Chun Ming Leung and Eva Tsang
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Central Piedmont Community College: Online Student Profile Learning System
Clint McElroy
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The CHANCE Program in China: Transforming Students into "Global-Minded" Scientific Investigators and Citizens
Jacqueline McLaughlin
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Georgetown University: Web Conferencing—A Critical Skill for the Connected World
Pablo G. Molina
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Blended Learning and New Education Logistics in Northern Sweden
Anders Norberg
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Valencia College: LifeMap and Atlas—Planning for Success
Joyce C. Romano and Bill White
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The Saylor.org Model
Jennifer Shoop
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Penn State World Campus: Ensuring Success, Not Just Access
Wayne Smutz and Craig D. Weidemann
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Stories in Our Classrooms: A Faculty Community of Practice as an Agent of Change
Beverly Bickel, William Shewbridge, and Jack Suess
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Kansas State University: Creating a Virtual Faculty Consortium
Elizabeth A. Unger
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CS50 at Harvard: "The Most Rewarding Class I Have Taken . . . Ever!"
Katie Vale
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Transforming Education with Research That Makes a Difference
J. D. Walker, Charles D. Dziuban, and Patsy D. Moskal
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Shaping the Path to Digital: The Indiana University eTexts Initiative
Brad Wheeler and Nik Osborne
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