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MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING WEB |
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Kamenetz, A. 2009. Who needs Harvard? Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks - American higher education is being transformed by a cadre of web-savvy edupunks. Fast Company (September): 84-89. Note by James R. Martin |
Kamenetz, discusses the transformation of higher education based on a variety of innovative concepts and web sites. The following table provides links to the web sites and a note for each related to what its all about.
| Web Site and Link | What's it all about? |
| OpenCourseWare Consortium | Open content. 200 institutions in 32 countries have posted courses on line. Lots of accounting courses listed, mostly at MIT. |
| Flat World Knowledge | This group commissions authors to write open-source textbooks that are free online, $19.95 for a download and $29.95 for a print on demand copy. Two accounting courses listed. Financial accounting and a Tax course. |
| Knewton | Adaptive learning engine plans to customize content for each student. |
| Peer-2Peer University | "Hacking education - putting something together on the fly". This site allows students to schedule classes, meet online, and tutor each other. A volunteer facilitator helps facilitate the process. |
| Creative Commons | A non profit organization set up to create the intellectual and legal framework needed to share on line content without the expense and hassle of commercial copyright. |
| AcaWiki | Provides free summaries of academic papers. |
| Academic Earth | Includes video lectures and other academic content from a variety of sources. |
| MIT's OpenCourseWare | MIT's site includes syllabi, lecture notes, class exercises, exams, and video for MIT courses. |
| Western Governors University | On line university with $2,890 tuition for a six month term. Competency based rather than time based education. No credit hours and no grades. Degrees are based on a series of assessments that measure competencies. Includes a BS in accounting. |
| 2Tor Inc | Multimedia social learning platform for the Master of Arts in teaching. |
| Edufire | Platform for live video teaching and tutoring. |
| Grockit | Provides a live multiplayer game for test prep. |
| Inigral | A social web for education to help colleges with recruiting, retention and alumni relations. |
