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Kirschner, Ann – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
One can hardly mention higher education today without hearing the word "innovation," or its understudies "change," "reinvention," "transformation." Last summer the National Governors Association opened its meeting with a plenary session on higher education, innovation, and economic growth. But there is nothing funny about the need for innovation…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Educational Change, Resistance to Change
Kirschner, Ann – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
Surely "massive open online course" (MOOC) has one of the ugliest acronyms of recent years, lacking the deliberate playfulness of Yahoo (Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle) or the droll shoulder shrug suggested by the word "snafu" (Situation Normal, All Fouled Up). The author is not a complete neophyte to online…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Adult Learning, Electronic Learning, Online Courses