Foreword / Molly Corbett Broad
Introduction / Diana G. Oblinger
The Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for American Higher Education / Paul E. Lingenfelter
The Questions We Need to Ask First: Setting Priorities for Higher Education in Our Technology-Rich World / Debra Humphreys
IT as a Game Changer / Diana G. Oblinger
From Metrics to Analytics, Reporting to Action: Analytics' Role in Changing the Learning Environment / Linda Baer and John Campbell
IT Innovations and the Nontraditional Learner / Pamela Tate and Rebecca Klein-Collins
Why Openness in Education? / David Wiley and Cable Green
Early Days of a Growing Trend: Nonprofit/For-Profit Academic Partnerships in Higher Education / Daniel Pianko and Josh Jarrett
Scaling Up: Four Ideas to Increase College Completion / Vernon C. Smith
Western Governors University / Robert W. Mendenhall
University of Phoenix / William (Bill) Pepicello
SUNY Empire State College: A Game Changer in Open Learning / Meg Benke, Alan Davis, and Nan L. Travers
Athabasca University: Canada's Open University / Dietmar Kennepohl, Cindy Ives, and Brian Stewart
Providing Quality Higher Education for Adults / Susan C. Aldridge
University of the People / Shai Reshef
The Open Learning Initiative: Enacting Instruction Online / Ross Strader and Candace Thille
The Postmodality Era: How "Online Learning" Is Becoming "Learning" / Thomas B. Cavanagh
Going the Distance: Outsourcing Online Learning / Susan E. Metros and Joan Falkenberg Getman


Case studies. Royal Roads University: Using Synchronous Web Conferencing to Maintain Community at a Distance / Mary Burgess
The Open Course Library of the Washington State Colleges / Tom Caswell
Austin Peay State University: Degree Compass / Tristan Denley
Yakima Valley Community College: Using Near-Real-Time Data to Increase Student Success / Wilma Dulin, Sheila Delquadri, and Nicole M. Melander
Ball State University / Jo Ann Gora
Mozilla Open Badges / Erin Knight and Carla Casilli
STAR: Using Technology to Enhance the Academic Journey / Erika Lacro and Gary Rodwell
OpenCourseWare / Mary Lou Forward
The Open University of Hong Kong: The i-Counseling System / Chun Ming Leung and Eva Tsang
Central Piedmont Community College: Online Student Profile Learning System / Clint McElroy
The CHANCE Program in China: Transforming Students into "Global-Minded" Scientific Investigators and Citizens / Jacqueline McLaughlin
Georgetown University: Web Conferencing: A Critical Skill for the Connected World / Pablo G. Molina
Blended Learning and New Education Logistics in Northern Sweden / Anders Norberg
Valencia College: LifeMap and Atlas - Planning for Success / Joyce C. Romano and Bill White
The Saylor.org Model / Jennifer Shoop
Penn State World Campus: Ensuring Success, Not Just Access / Wayne Smutz and Craig D. Weidemann
Stories in Our Classrooms: A Faculty Community of Practice as an Agent of Change / Beverly Bickel, William Shewbridge, and Jack Suess
Kansas State University: Creating a Virtual Faculty Consortium / Elizabeth A. Unger
CS50 at Harvard: "The Most Rewarding Class I Have Taken...Ever!" / Katie Vale
Transforming Education with Research That Makes a Difference / J. D. Walker, Charles D. Dziuban, and Patsy D. Moskal
Shaping the Path to Digital: The Indiana University eText Initiative / Brad Wheeler and Nik Osborne.