Author Archives: Phil Hill

About Phil Hill

Phil is a consultant and industry analyst covering the educational technology market primarily for higher education. He has written for e-Literate since Aug 2011. For a more complete biography, view his profile page.

Harvard Faculty Request Faculty Oversight of HarvardX (Their Usage of edX)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Phil Hill

Yesterday, 58 faculty members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard wrote an open letter to the dean requesting faculty oversight of HarvardX. When schools sign up for edX, their implementations tend to be called SchoolX, thus HarvardX … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Democracy, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged EdX, Harvard, HarvardX, MOOC, open letter | Leave a comment

MOOCs Explained: Radio Interview with University of Delaware

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Phil Hill

Just over a week ago I had the opportunity to participate in a radio interview for the University of Delaware’s local station WVUD, with the Campus Voices interview airing on May 17th. The interview was in advance of Delaware’s summer faculty … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Democracy, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness | Tagged Coursera, EdX, higher education, MOOC, Online Education, Phil Hill, Summer Faculty Institute, Udacity, University of Delaware | 1 Comment

California and the Right to Educational Access

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Michael Feldstein and Phil Hill

We are pleased to announce the publication of our white paper on California’s bottleneck course issue. Many thanks to the paper’s sponsor, the 20 Million Minds Foundation, for giving us the support and freedom to write exactly what we believe. If … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Changes Underway: Jay Bhatt Interview and Management Changes

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Phil Hill

There is an interesting article today from Bill Flook , who has covered Blackboard as a business, including the story of Michael Chasen’s departure in late 2012 along with two rounds of layoffs. Blackboard Inc. has been a company in … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Higher Education, Notable Posts | Tagged Blackboard, David Mills, Kayvon Beykpour, layoffs, LMS, mobile, Siegfried Behrens, Tim Hill, xpLOR | 1 Comment

Big 3 MOOC Providers Turning One Year Old

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Phil Hill

We are in the middle of the first anniversary of the creation of the big 3 MOOC providers (Coursera, Udacity, edX). Sebastian Thrun announced the creation of Udacity on January 23, 2012 as described by Reuters. Daphne Koller and Andrew … Continue reading →