Changes aren't permanent, but change is As the world adjusts to the new world of online and remote education, there are significant efforts to move beyond the virtualization of traditional face-to-face classroom and to also move beyond earlier business models. This shift has the potential to be more significant than just the usage of online to help the world react to the pandemic. What is the current state of online learning and will the growth continue? What are the policy implications?

1. Changes Aren’t
Permanent, But
Change Is:
The growth and implications of
digital education
October 18, 2021
http://bit.ly/deachill21
Phil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech)

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3. We are in the midst of an inflection
point in higher education driven by
mainstream adoption, the
pandemic, new business models,
and a move beyond the
digitization of traditional
classroom.
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4. We are in the midst of an inflection
point in higher education driven by
mainstream adoption, the
pandemic, new business models,
and a move beyond the
digitization of traditional
classroom.
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5. Photo Credit: www.mummymummymum.com 5

6. Photo Credit: http://www.youtube.com/user/mtmuzic 6

7. Everett Rogers: diffusion is the
process by which an innovation
is communicated over time
among the participants in a
social system
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12. Source: Every Learner Everywhere / Tyton Partners Time For Class Survey Series
https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/resources/time-for-class-covid-19-edition-part-3/

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19. OPM Primary Services
• Marketing & Recruitment & Market Research (but
not admissions)
• Course & Curriculum Design (but in vast majority of
cases, not the instruction)
• Student Support Services (Call center / help desk,
retention services, degree pathway, etc)
• Technology infrastructure & Analytics (most are now
LMS agnostic, different than the past)

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22. Trends – OPM’s
Revenue
Sharing
Fee for Service
& Other
Fiscal Models
Abuses
Regulations

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24. Federal Regulatory Interest
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25. Source: https://vimeo.com/79954057 25

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• Source:
https://edservices.wiley.com/
voice-of-the-online-learner-
2021/

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29. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLbTwNCa48 29

30. phil@mindwires.com
@PhilOnEdTech
philonedtech.com
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