„Careful with that axe, Eugene”

• Authors: Vlad Wielbut
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

With venture capital and entrepreneurs setting their sights on higher education as the next industry ripe for „disruption”, the revolutionary zeal being unleashed may have profound unintended consequences. In this article we argue for a more deliberate, evolutionary approach that seeks to involve higher education institutions as important participants in designing their own future.

Keywords

EN

The MOOC „movement”; revolution of higher education

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: e-mentor
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 5 (57)
• Pages: 85-89

Contributors

author

Vlad Wielbut

• University of Michigan School of Information

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