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Henshaw, Robert G. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
It is not uncommon today to hear university leaders and students lament higher education's failure to more fully capitalize on its investments in information technology (IT), especially in support of residential instruction. While instructional technology's potential is being realized in isolated pockets of innovation, its impact at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Information Technology, Educational Technology
The Closing of the U.S. Open University
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Meyer, Katrina A. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
In spring 1999, the Open University (OU) of the United Kingdom created the U.S. Open University (USOU) to coincide with the explosive growth of online education in the United States. The institution's first chancellor, Richard S. Jarvis (previously chancellor of the University and Community College System of Nevada), began hiring U.S. staff and…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Virtual Universities, Online Courses, Program Termination