Considering Your “Why”- How Developing a Microcredential Strategy Will Help Your Students (and Your University) Thrive
Published by: ewalton | 5/26/2022
Tags: Access, Assessment, Online Learning, Student Success
Published by: ewalton | 5/26/2022
Tags: Access, Assessment, Online Learning, Student Success
Practice
Published by: ewalton | 5/19/2022 | 0 comments
Don’t you just love performance evaluations? I do! Just kidding, is there anyone who truly loves being evaluated on their job or teaching performance? I do, however, appreciate the opportunity to learn and improve my work or teaching (etc.). So, perhaps I can say I appreciate when an evaluation provides me with such an opportunity? […]
Practice
Published by: ewalton | 5/17/2022 | 0 comments
The changing nature of digital learning and postsecondary education in the post-COVID era has brought new opportunities and challenges for the quality assurance provided by the accreditation process. In a preview of a plenary session to be held at the WCET Annual Meeting (October 19-21 in Denver), this post features the thoughts of the leaders […]
Policy
Published by: ewalton | 5/12/2022 | 0 comments
Thank you to Kathryn Kerensky of WCET’s State Authorization Network for today’s blog, and thank you to Van Davis and Emilie Cook of Every Learner Everywhere for assistance and strategic direction. Enjoy! There is a role for everyone to play for higher education institutions to foster inclusive learning environments and increase access to the opportunities […]
Policy
Published by: ewalton | 5/4/2022 | 0 comments
WCET welcomes Kara Monroe, President and Founder of Monarch Strategies LLC. Today we are continuing the article series on leadership in higher education digital learning. This is the third blog post in the featured series. Enjoy the previous posts: “Shifting from Covid-normal to New Normal” and “The ‘New Normal’ and Reflections on Accessibility.” Thank you Kara […]
NetworksPolicy
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 4/21/2022 | 0 comments
An urgent need caused the creation of the State Authorization Network (SAN) by our parent organization WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies). In October 2010, to the great surprise of many institutions and states, the U.S. Department of Education released the first Federal regulation for state authorization of distance education. The intended purpose of […]
Practice
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 4/19/2022 | 0 comments
Recently, the organization that I lead, the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex), was honored to receive a grant from Greater Texas Foundation to support a two-year project, Harnessing Course Sharing to Support Texas Pathways at Scale. The funding, in the amount of $645,405, will support a collaboration between us and the company Acadeum […]
Practice
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 4/14/2022 | 0 comments
Last fall, WCET relaunched the WCET website. And, to be honest, Frontiers got a little jealous. So, what else could we do except give Frontiers an update as well? As you can see, we’ve made several design and feature changes to the Frontiers blog. Here is a quick tour of our updates! The first official […]
Practice
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 4/7/2022 | 0 comments
WCET welcomes Kara Monroe, President and Founder of Monarch Strategies LLC. In partnership with her, WCET is launching a new article series on the continued shifts in leadership in higher education and educational technology. This is the second blog post in the series that will be featured at the start of each month. Enjoy her […]
Practice
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 3/31/2022 | 0 comments
We are pleased to welcome Ryan Faulkner of College of Eastern Idaho as today’s guest blogger. We often hear about the great things that large institutions are doing, but we have many members at smaller colleges and universities who are thriving in the online world. Thank you to Ryan for sharing a bit of his […]