Lessons Learned From a Consortium That Fizzled

A lot can change in three years.  Back in May 2015, four liberal arts institutions -- Davidson College in North Carolina, Colgate University and Hamilton College in New York, and Wellesley College in Massachusetts -- formed a consortium designed to foster collaboration around massive online open courses and other online learning options. Fast-forward to June 2018, and the picture looks somewhat different. Higher education as a whole no longer views MOOCs as a panacea. The formal consortium has largely ceased to exist, though representatives of the institutions keep in touch and share resources from time to time.