July 2017: Final meeting of the Erasmus+ OpenQAsS

CAPDM attended the final meeting of the Erasmus+ OpenQAsS project in G?d?ll?, Hungary on the 13/14th?of October.

Becoming Your Own Online Program Manager

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 […]

Opposites attract in Online Program Management

In May 2017 Purdue University, the traditional US public research university with 40,000+ on-campus students, announced its intention to acquire the wholly online, for-profit school Kaplan University, also with its own 40,000+ students. Purdue spent a nominal fee of $1 to complete the acquisition. In return, Kaplan received a 30-year, contractual commitment to the new […]

Produce Your Online Programs In-house

April 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Opinion Produce Your Online Programs In-house Dear Reader, A lot of university schools and departments around the World are struggling with going online – this time with whole programs. This is understandable. Its not a trivial thing to do. Quite apart from the technological aspects of producing, delivering and […]

Become your own online program manager

I 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 enrollments in the USA. OPMs offer Colleges modern marketing tactics such as websites that collect information to generate marketing leads, text message follow-ups to inquiries, and phone banks […]

Adaptive Learning Presentation to MoodleMoot 2017 in London, UK

Ken Currie has presented?at MoodleMoot partnership with our customer the University of London International Programmes group. The presentation is on the subject of adaptive learning, as enabled by smart (semantic) content. Here some of Ken’s thoughts about the MoodleMoot conference: ?MoodleMoot UK 2017 attracted over 400 attendees to the meeting in London.? Much of the […]

Open Source Quality Assurance event open for registration

CAPDM is presenting at an?OpenQAsS Erasmus+ event on Wednesday 03?May 2017 in Stirling The event is free to anyone with an interest in the Quality Assurance process. Please register on the College Development Website?to secure your space. Overview Introduction to OpenQAsS? Open Source Quality Assurance System ? an Erasmus+ Project OpenQAsS is a European project […]

Online Production Managers: An Old Model Re-invented

February 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Discussion Partner for Capability… and Profit. Dear Reader, Many universities struggling with diversifying into online and blended learning decide to have a corporate ‘partner’ basically build their products and business for them. This approach may have a short term appeal, but not in the longer term in CAPDM’s experience. […]

Integrating publisher texts into your online pedagogy and delivery

January 2017 Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM Discussion Integrating publisher texts into your online pedagogy and delivery Dear Reader, In “Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing for 21st Century Learning” (Routledge 2013), Beetham & Sharpe argue that “pedagogy is about guiding learning, rather than leaving you to finding your own way – our digital native […]

What is the main barrier to developing a sustainable business on online education?

December Issue CAPDM Newsletter CAPDM?Discussion What is the main barrier to developing a sustainable business on online education? Dear Reader, As 2016 draws to a conclusion we all tend to look back to see what has been achieved over the year. For CAPDM, now in its 21st year of operation, there has been one or […]