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Index
Liberal Education and America’s Promise
(LEAP), 19, 26–28
Liberia, 196
LifeMap, 331–334
Light Up Your Future, 73
Light, Tracy Penny, 34
Lilly Endowment, 130
Linksz, James J., 225–226
localness, 216, 221, 222–223
Localness Blended Learning, 222
Long, Phil, 56
“loss points,” 109–110
Loviglio, Jason, 350, 351
Lowry, L. Randolph, 25
Luleå University of Technology, 328
Lumina Foundation, 128, 130, 153, 155
Malan, David, 361–366
Maricopa Community College, 106, 107, 223
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
49, 84, 190, 291, 295, 297, 363
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), 88,
151
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 376, 379
Michigan, 225
Microsoft New England Research Center
(NERD), 364
Middle States Commission on Higher
Education (MSCHE), 170
Miller, Ross, 34–35
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
System (MnSCU), 78–79, 216–217
Mnookin, Seth, 32
Monroe Community College, 311
Moraine Valley Community College, 311
Morgaine, Wende, 34–35
Mozilla Open Badges, 48, 279–283, 341
Murray, Charles, 11
National Association of Independent Colleges
and Universities (NAICU), 19–20
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), 67–69, 215
National Coalition for Telecommunications
Education and Learning (NACTEL), 73–74
National Council for the Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE), 128
National Governors Association (NGA), 22,
30–31, 54
National Institute for Learning Outcomes
Assessment (NILOA), 20
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 86–87
National Science Foundation (NSF), 314,
318
National Security Agency, 128
National Study of Student Engagement
(NSSE), 122, 123
National University of Singapore, 296
NetEase, 296–297
New Media Consortium (NMC), 352
New Media Studio (NMS), 349–352
New Ventures, 92
New York Times, 31–32
New York Times Knowledge Network, 244
New York University, 194
Next Generation Learning Challenges, 105,
306, 311
NEXUS Research and Policy Center, 20
NIXTY, 296
nonprofit/for-profit academic partnerships,
91–103
nontraditional learners, 93, 95, 175–176
and career pathways, 70–74
and complex career and education
options, 69–70, 77–79
and IT innovations, 67–79
and online learning, 70–77
and postsecondary success, 68–70
and prior learning assessment, 69
Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities (NWCCU), 128
W. W. Norton, 376
Obama, Barack, 17–18, 30, 54, 105, 266
OER University, 48, 88, 341
Online Knowledge Environment (OKE), 161
online learning, 97, 107–108, 125, 215–226
and career pathways, 70–74
challenges of outsourcing, 249–250
credit-transfer support services, 74–75
K–12 perspective, 224–225
outsourcing, 229–251
portals that recognize previous learning,
74–77
and prior learning assessments (PLA), 76
speed of adoption of, 67–68
standards, opportunities, and incentives
for outsourcing, 234–235
open access, 85–87, 337–342
Open Badges, 48, 88, 279–283, 341
Open Course Library, 85, 259–262, 341
Open Education Week, 298
open educational resources (OERs), 81–85,
167
385