Biography
Phil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech) has been a market analyst and consultant in EdTech for over two decades. He is most notably recognized for publishing the On EdTech blog and newsletter, which began in 2019 after he decided to separate from the e-Literate brand and blaze his own trail. Revered for his honest and upfront take on market trends for online / hybrid education, OPMs, and learning platforms, Phil provides thoughtful and practical advice to his clients. His unique graphics and visuals have been widely used and shared in the education space. Phil is also a husband, father, and grandfather. He enjoys being outdoors, spending time with his Australian Shepard, craft beer, and live music.
EDUCAUSE Publications
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Online program management (OPM) refers to the practice of contracting with external, third-party organizations that help colleges and universities develop and deliver online degree or certificate programs. Some OPM options are based on a “tuition revenue share” model in which a vendor provides services in exchange for a share of revenues. Others are based on a fee-for-service model. OPM is often used to jumpstart an online presence for institutions that do not have that capacity in-house.
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The authors offer a framework—based on three years of campus visits—for thinking about (1) the circumstances under which personalized learning can help students and (2) the best way to evaluate the real educational value for products that are marketed under the personalized learning banner.
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The core of personalization is using technology to give students more individual feedback and differentiated instruction by freeing up class discussion time through offloading lecture content to the computer, providing compute based feedback, or a combination of the two.