February 2018 – CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Thinking Try before you buy… Dear Reader, Don’t let your choice of LMS compromise your learning strategy One of the many online learning messages that hit my inbox this week suggested trying an LMS before buying. Obvious, surely? Do institutions really commit to a learning management system (LMS) on […]

January 2018 – CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Thinking Institutions & Textbooks Dear Reader, Use of OER textbook now equal to commercial textbook in some US courses Open Education Resources – OERs are a bit hit or miss, but there are now some very mature and valuable resources out there. While UK institutions are cautious about using […]

November 2017 CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Opinion Strategic Education Dear Reader, Eduventures recently pointed out, two of the biggest for-profit online education providers in the USA, Capella Education and Strayer Education, are planning to merge under the new company name “Strategic Education”. Both organisations have lately out-performed their peers in the challenging US for-profit online education […]

September Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Thoughts Online Education: the next 20 years Dear Reader, Every so often another future-looking paper appears predicting how higher education will look in the years ahead. This week we read a new white paper from Blackboard. While well worth reading; there is an obvious focus on technology, with many predictions […]

July 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Opinion How to become your own online program manager Dear Reader, We recently came across a June 2016 article in The Atlantic Magazine on online program managers (OPMs), and how much money they are making from marketing student enrolments in the USA. OPMs offer universities modern marketing tactics. Amongst […]