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Campus Technology | April 23, 2018 - Should higher education institutions invest money in their innovation efforts? Most colleges don't seem to think so. A survey among U.S. academic administrators found that while more than nine in 10 institutions (91 percent) reference innovation in their strategic or academic plans, just four... Read More>

EdTechDigest | April 20, 2018 - What is innovation in higher education? What does an innovative culture look like and how do higher education institutions define and employ innovation? These are some of the questions the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and our research partner Learning House recently posed to more than 100... Read More>

EdSurge | April 18, 2018 - A new report surveying academic administrators released Wednesday by the Online Learning Consortium and Learning House sheds some insight on innovation challenges at higher education institutions. Among the report’s findings are that 91 percent of the administrators responding to the survey said that innovation “is stated as a priority in either their... Read More>

Inside Higher Ed | April 18, 2018 - Survey of deans and provosts finds student success is the primary goal -- and technology the dominant method -- of their institutions' experimentation with new approaches. “Innovation” is an emergent buzzword in higher education, and anything that helps shed some light on what campus officials mean... Read More>

Inside Higher Ed | April 18, 2018 - Arizona State's report on digital learning draws cheers from online proponents -- and a few raised eyebrows from those who think the future is more complicated and warrants broader research. Late last week “Inside Digital Learning” summarized a new report from Arizona State University, on a... Read More>

Survey of U.S. academic administrators reveals a disconnect at higher education institutions between their emphasis on innovation and the tangible structures and processes committed to support it. NEWBURYPORT, MA and LOUISVILLE, KY (April 18, 2018) — A new report by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and The Learning House, Inc. titled,... Read More>

The Evolllution | April 9, 2018 - As adoption and offering of online programming expands at colleges and universities across the United States, it’s critical for institutional leaders to become more involved with understanding what’s required to successfully serve online learners. Adoption and offering of online programming is on the rise at... Read More>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Elected from among 230-plus nominees, the new directors join a board that is overseeing the Consortium during a sustained period of revenue and membership growth. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (April 3, 2018) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), the leading professional organization devoted to advancing the quality... Read More>

Education Dive | March 21, 2018 - When it comes to the future of learning, a debate rages within higher education circles over the question of whether certain types of curriculum can be scaled through digital technologies, as an alternative to the traditional residential classroom setting. A number of institutions already... Read More>

Inside Higher Ed | March 20, 2018 - Analysis of Georgia Tech’s MOOC-inspired online master's degree in computer science suggests that elite institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale. But will other institutions follow suit? Five years ago the Georgia Institute of Technology began a bold experiment --... Read More>