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2021 Top WCET Frontiers Blog Posts
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2021
WCET staff–thank you for your on-going support of the WCET Frontiers blog. Over the holidays, we wanted to offer you the chance to review posts that you may have missed but had been popular with your peers. Rather than evoking […]
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SUNY Online is Pleased to Announce the Release of OSCQR 4.0!
Published by: WCET | 12/1/2021
This week’s WCET Frontiers blog is written by guest author Alexandra M. Pickett, Director, SUNY Online Teaching, SUNY Online with The State University of New York. The blog features updates to The SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric, OSCQR. OSCQR […]
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Creating Accessible and Inclusive Online Courses
Published by: WCET | 11/18/2021
Today’s post looks at how accessibility can be incorporated into online experiences with some simple and actionable steps that improve learning and success for all. Thank you Brandon Smith for providing excellent strategies for improving accessibility, the importance of continuous […]
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Update on Issues Affecting Veterans Benefits
Published by: WCET | 11/11/2021
Thank you to our many military veterans! As we look forward to Veterans Day, we wish to honor the men and women who serve and who have served in the U.S. Armed Services. WCET Frontiers frequently shares information regarding Veterans […]
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#WCET2021- That’s A Wrap…Almost
Published by: WCET | 11/5/2021
The 33rd WCET Annual Meeting took place on November 2nd in our virtual platform. The event was a one-day conference which included two pre-conference workshops as well as post-conference sessions taking place this week and next. Although we were disappointed […]
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Student ROI in Higher Ed Begins with Equity and Who We Value
Published by: WCET | 10/29/2021
With today’s post, we continue the WCET Steering Committee’s series on student return on investment (ROI) and the role of digital learning in improving that return. Thank you to Chantae Recasner of Northeast Lakeview College in San Antonio, Texas. She […]
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Stories from the Educational Underground – WCET Interviews Peter Smith
Published by: WCET | 10/27/2021
“Learning happens everywhere. Somehow, we have to figure out how to recognize that learning.” That was one of the closing thoughts that stuck with me when I sat in on an interview between WCET’s Executive Director, Russ Poulin, and the […]
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Student ROI and the Role of Stackable Credentials
Published by: WCET | 10/21/2021
Thank you to WCET Steering Committee member Adam Cota and his colleagues, Sarah DeMark and Kacey Thorne, for the next entry in our series on student Return on Investment (ROI) in higher education and the role of digital learning in […]
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Improving Student ROI Through a Public/Private Partnership at Texas Tech University
Published by: WCET | 10/15/2021
Thank you to WCET Steering Committee member Justin Louder for the next entry in our series on student Return on Investment (ROI) in higher education and the role of digital learning in the equation. Justin shows how a creative public/private […]
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Does Financial Need and Aid Differ for Online and On-Campus Students?
Published by: WCET | 10/8/2021
It started before COVID-19. Students, families, businesses, and those considering college questioned the value, the “return on investment” (ROI), of postsecondary education. Could they do better doing something else? Was the debt worth it? Is college for them? Those questions […]