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Index
higher education (cont’d)
focus on learning, 29, 30, 31
focus on productivity, 15–17, 29–31
funding of, 15, 84, 96–97
graduation rates, 13, 105
implications of knowledge economy for,
10
“mass,” imperative for, 11–15
nonprofit/for-profit academic
partnerships in, 91–103
participation rate, 12–13
priority for resources, 16–17
productivity dilemma of, 17–18
quality concerns about, 18–21
quality of, 26, 32
relationships with elementary and
secondary education, 21–22
service science evaluations of, 38–39
setting priorities for, 25–35
and socioeconomic status, 12–14
state support of, 16
tools for understanding options, 77–79
and U.S. workforce, 11–12
value of, 54
Higher Learning Commission, 98
i-Counseling system, 301–304
Idaho, 225
Idaho National Laboratories, 295
iLabs, 44
Indiana University eTexts Initiative,
373–380
Indiana Wesleyan, 94
Information Assurance Courseware
Evaluation (IACE), 128
Information Society Project, 194
information technology
and the college experience, 38–39
impact of, 25–26, 37
implications of knowledge economy for
IT professionals, 14, 18, 20–21, 22
innovative uses of, 33–35
and nontraditional learners, 67–79
setting priorities for, 25–35
and shared infrastructure, 43–44
and support services, 41
and unbundling and rebundling, 47–49
informed decision making, 41, 44–47
infrastructure, 56–57
Innovation Exchange, 42
Inside Track, 344
Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia), 96
Institute for Professional Development
(IPD), 92, 93
instruction
evolution of systems, 55–57
inefficiency in creating, 203, 210–211
traditional, limitations of, 202–203,
208–211
International Association for K–12 Online
Learning, 224
Ivy Bridge College, 94
Jesuit Refugee Services, 324
Jiangnan University, 314–316
K–12 education, 21, 314
CK–12, 83
International Association for K–12
Online Learning, 224
online learning in, 224–225
Kakuma refugee camp, 324
Kansas State University Virtual Faculty
Consortium, 355–359
Kaplan, Inc., 94, 244
Kastama, Jim, 131
Kenya, 324
Khan Academy, 48
Kirages, Tyler, 277
Knewton, 345
knowledge economy, 9–22, 53
Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP),
161
labor market, 69–70
Lake Taihu, 315–316, 317–318
Lane Community College, 311
Las Americas Virtual Design Studio, 277
Latimer Education, 94
learners, roadblocks for, 3
learning
focus on, 29, 30, 31
and IT, 39–40
by teaching, 323–324
learning consortia, 71
Learning House, 243–244
learning management systems (LMS), 56,
57, 58, 160, 243
The Learning Organization, 179–180
learning outcomes, 27–29, 179–180
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, 20
LearningCounts.org, 76–77
Leavitt, Michael, 116
384