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From -A to -S: One University’s approach to designing audience-minded, context-driven online course development frameworks
Published by: WCET | 9/1/2021
Today we begin one of my favorite parts of the year – and no, it’s not pumpkin spice season (although that is up there…), it’s WOW celebration season! For the next several weeks, WCET Frontiers will feature blog post authors […]
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What Tech Says About Your DEI Work: Barriers to Equitable Digital Learning and Ways We Can Remove Them
Published by: WCET | 8/24/2021
Today’s post from Anna Porcaro and Robert McGuire continues our series on “Enabling Difference.” Today’s post, a joint post with Every Learner Everywhere, focuses on technology barriers to equity students face with ideas on how to move past them. We’re […]
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Leveraging Analytics to Close DEI Access & Attainment Gaps
Published by: WCET | 8/20/2021
Today’s post from Adam Cota with the WCET Steering Committee working group on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion highlights how Adam’s institution, Western Governors University, uses data analytics to accomplish equity and diversity goals. This post continues the series started earlier […]
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Leveraging the Strategic Planning Process for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work
Published by: WCET | 8/12/2021
Today’s post from Janelle Elias with the WCET Steering Committee working group on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion reviews her research on how WCET member institutions are addressing equity work in strategic plans. This post continues the series started earlier this […]
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Digital Learning
Published by: WCET | 8/5/2021
Conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have recently taken center stage on many college and university campuses. Institutions are setting goals to make their campuses more diverse and inclusive and embarking on strategic initiatives to close equity gaps. Within […]
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New Tool Helps Leaders Leverage Open Educational Resources to Advance Equity
Published by: WCET | 7/29/2021
Today Frontiers is excited to welcome Rebecca Karoff, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs with The University of Texas System to tell us about the work of the DOERS3 Collaborative, specifically the OER Equity Blueprint and the Equity Through OER […]
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Credential Transparency and Informed Decision-Making in Indiana
Published by: WCET | 7/16/2021
We, at WCET, often hear how institutions and state systems are being pushed by state leaders to be more attentive to state workforce needs. We also hear about the innovations that are happening in the many types of postsecondary credentials […]
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The Promise of Blockchain in Education
Published by: WCET | 7/8/2021
Today’s blog is a conversation with a Feng Hou, Founder of Pistis.io and Chief Digital Transformation Evangelist at Maryville University. Feng talks about the power, potential, and application of digital ledger technology, i.e., blockchain, in education. Feng’s a visionary who […]
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Distributed Leadership Can Help with Recovery After the Pandemic
Published by: WCET | 6/25/2021
Today I am happy to welcome Vickie Cook with the University of Illinois Springfield, who joins us to discuss recent study undertaken on distributed leadership models and the experiences of using such models in our daily educational work. Thank you […]
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Enabling Difference – Stories of Equity in Higher Education
Published by: WCET | 6/11/2021
The WCET team has committed to working toward a more equitable world through our work on digital learning in higher education. This fall we will dedicate the month of August to discussion of equity and inclusion in higher education, planned and […]