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Journalism and the Age of Free Information

I wanted to write a blog on the international effects of the golden open access by the UK government. However, I got caught in an interesting discussion between a Dutch journalist and a website owner...

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Moocs and the Bottom of the Pyramid

Moocs, Massive Open Online Courses, are provided for free to large amount of participants. Tuition and assessment are peer based. They are not really Open Educational Resources as they are only offered...

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Opening up: Open Innovation in a closed market?

When Paul Prinsloo asked me if Chesbrough’s funnel could be open on both sides, the economist in me cried NoNoNo! This initial reaction is caused by schooling in traditional economic thinking. The...

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ODL, the social contract and the economic crisis.

Suddenly a social contract appears in the blogs I am reading. In “The Perfect Storm for Universities“, Popenici writes about the fact that more education does not necessary means a higher income or...

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Moocs, social contracts and flipping classrooms: E-Learning in 2012

In 2012 the youngest branch from the online distance learning family (ODL) generated much attention. Moocs distinguish themselves from open educational resources in several ways. Moocs are full courses...

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Education as a service: Moocs, ODL and production of knowledge.

As I have argued elsewhere, education resembles a service more than a product. The characteristics of a service are that production and consumption are simultaneously. Yet, education is special, in the...

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It’s not a market if no money changes hands! An answer to David Kernohan

David Kernohan ‏@dkernohan @IHEtech @FrankOUNL it’s not a market if no money changes hands! Inside Higher Ed quoted Simon Nelson (CEO of Futurelearn): “Until now, this market has been dominated by...

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Creative Innovation thanks to the wisdom of crowds

In this blog I would like to return to one of my earlier central themes: business models, co-creation and collaboration. As the Business Canvas of Osterwalder shows, there are two linkages between the...

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Are Moocs disruptive, interesting or just marketing?

Van der Bosch poses an interesting question as he states that Moocs are an interesting development, but as he says that Moocs are the wrong revolution.  Bonnie Stewart writes about the supposedly...

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Moocs, education from service to product and back.

At this moment, all kinds of enterprises experiment with the change of “Product Dominant Logic” towards Service Dominant Logic”.  Value creation is seen in the usage of a product, which implies that...

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Torrents and Moocs: the paradox of sharing

Time was too short to write a blog last week. To the why I will return later in this blog. Sometimes things take some time before you make certain combinations. A few weeks ago I saw a documentary over...

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Audrey Watters on History: Intermezzo

In this shorter piece, I want to express my support with Audrey Watters. In het blog [Expletive Deleted] Ed-tech #Edinnovation, she reacts to what she describes as Wikiality or truth by consensus...

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Is Higher Education disrupted or not?

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose Nothin’, I mean nothin’ hon’ if it ain’t free Joplin Janis – Me And Bobby Mcgee Do we have to expect that traditional education will disappear...

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Educating the bottom of the pyramid or of the market: the difference between...

On first sight, the approaches of Prahalad (bottom of the pyramid) and Christensen (disruptive innovation) seem very similar. New firms offer products with less functionality at lower prices, making...

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Why business models in education matter

Again, and again teachers rightfully state that there is no reason why they should take into account the business model of their course. However, on an institutional scale a business model describes...

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Disruptive innovation in HE

Just something I found this morning and which is a nice input in the discussion on disruptive innovation, ODL and Moocs:  

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Education, let’s blow it to bits or put it back?

At the end of the last century some business theorists saw the start of a new development. The combination of technological change and an increasing competition between firms would result in a...

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The business model of not-for-profit organizations

Solving the big issues of our generation requires bold new business models   Osterwalder and Pigneur (2010, 265) In a short time span I encountered two views on the usage of business economics in...

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Value, effort and education.

Upon the education of the people of this country, the fate of this country depends. Benjamin Disraeli Value, effort………… In modern business economics, there is a realization that is not so much the...

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SPB-MOOCS

A short post on something I would label SPB-Moocs: Solo Projects (which) Become Moocs. In one of our most watched discussion shows, De Wereld Draait Door (As the World Turns) two teachers were...

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