Lessons from Tidepools: Connecting Learning and Work

Policy

Published by: WCET | 10/30/2025

The U.S. Department of Education will soon enter the second and final week of negotiated rulemaking for the Re-imagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee, which is developing changes to the Federal student loan programs as directed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3). As we prepare for the final week of discussions, we […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 10/16/2025

Across higher education, we’re seeing tough headlines about campuses closing or programs being cut. It’s a challenging time for higher ed, and learners are often the ones most affected. In this post, our partners at Parchment by Instructure share how course sharing can help institutions work together to expand access, sustain programs, and keep campuses […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 10/9/2025

At WCET, we’re always inspired by the spaces where innovation in higher education moves from idea to action. From what we understand, the 2025 Badge Summit at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was exactly that kind of moment. What once may have felt like a specialized discussion about badges and digital credentials has grown into […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 10/2/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately. A few months ago, I was catching up with my Netflix on a flight home, and I watched the documentary “Join or Die.” It’s about political scientist Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone. This seminal piece argues that in the 1960s and 1970s, Americans began to move away from […]

Policy

Published by: WCET | 9/18/2025

The State Authorization Network (SAN) is excited to share SAN’s newest comprehensive resource, the State-to-State Institutional Approval for Distance Education Handbook, developed in partnership with Shari Miller, Institutional Compliance MATTERS. This handbook is the third major SAN report designed to demystify complex compliance requirements when institutions offer interstate opportunities, whether through online courses or experiential […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 9/11/2025

It comes as no surprise that Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education. Much of what is emerging from the field relates to AI, whether it is news about technological advancements or questions about how we should use it. Alongside these, a wave of AI literacy frameworks has emerged, each offering its own definitions, competencies, […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 9/9/2025

Introducing WCET’s New Featured Member Series At WCET, our focus is on our community. Every day, our members lead the way in digital learning: innovating, problem-solving, and sharing strategies that shape the future of higher education. To celebrate and spotlight this work, we’re excited to launch a new monthly Featured Member series on WCET Frontiers. […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 9/4/2025

WCET has always taken accessibility seriously. When we updated our website in 2021, we worked diligently to ensure that all content, including PDFs, adhered to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, AA standards. We worked with WebAIM a few years after the website’s launch to ensure that our web-based content still complied with those standards. […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 8/28/2025

Imagine a student who relies on a screen reader to navigate their course or descriptive audio to better understand and follow video recordings. For that student, accessibility is a necessity. Thirty-five years ago, America made a commitment to that student when President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on a hot […]