The author makes an interesting observation about the possible return of higher education institutions basck original distributed guild model populated by "people united in scholarship". Given that we have an increasing number of non-traditional students, and that they have access to open courseware and other digital sources of information, universities must become more responsive to the way in which these learners want to engage in their learning. An increasing demographic of higher education students expect to have flexible modes of course delivery that replaces some traditional classroom work with independent study. These students also bring an influence on the structure of programs along with pressure to shift the curriculum. The academy will need to respond to these demand-driven requests from our stakeholders—this may be a reinventing of how universities deliver education.
The author makes an interesting observation about the possible return of higher education institutions basck original distributed guild model populated by "people united in scholarship". Given that we have an increasing number of non-traditional students, and that they have access to open courseware and other digital sources of information, universities must become more responsive to the way in which these learners want to engage in their learning. An increasing demographic of higher education students expect to have flexible modes of course delivery that replaces some traditional classroom work with independent study. These students also bring an influence on the structure of programs along with pressure to shift the curriculum. The academy will need to respond to these demand-driven requests from our stakeholders—this may be a reinventing of how universities deliver education.
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