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“What is College Worth?” – Postsecondary Value Commission Addresses that Question
Published by: WCET | 5/12/2021
What is the value of a college education? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Value Commission released today the first in a series of reports, data tools, and action agendas to address this elusive question. Students, parents, employers, and […]
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Thoughts on the Next Frontier of Higher Ed Digital Learning, Delivery Modalities, and WCET Summit 2021
Published by: WCET | 5/7/2021
This month WCET wrapped its two-part epic mini-series Practical Considerations for an Uncertain Future. Both sessions were filled with, as our Executive Director put it, never-ending and only slightly miserable chess/Queen’s Gambit, Star Wars, and Star Trek references plus amazing […]
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Racism in the Educational Cyberspace
Published by: WCET | 4/23/2021
Last semester, I began a graduate program to study Technology, Cybersecurity, and Policy. I have also, like many other people, been digging deeper into learning about anti-racism since the summer of 2020. As my learning about these two topics coincided, […]
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Origins of the State Authorization Network: We Missed the Bus, But Caught the Spirit
Published by: WCET | 4/6/2021
Ten years ago on April 6th, the first meeting of the initial members of WCET’s State Authorization Network (SAN) was held in Boulder, Colorado. To honor SAN’s 10th Birthday, I asked the founder of SAN, Russ Poulin, to reflect on […]
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Extra Extra! Read All About It (these books)
Published by: WCET | 4/2/2021
There are always new books. Several books have either come across my desk or caught my attention this year. Wish I (and all of you) had more time to get all the reading done that we would like to accomplish. […]
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Modern Mentoring – and Thoughts on What That Is
Published by: WCET | 3/26/2021
Later today WCET will be hosting the first of its new member only events called Closer Conversations. These events are meant to foster active engagement and discussion between several higher education digital learning experts and attendees. in honor of International […]
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“What is Past is Prologue”: Reading Thelin During a Pandemic
Published by: WCET | 3/19/2021
Highsmith, C. M., photographer. Sculptor Robert I. Aitken’s statue, “The Future,” Recently, Josh Kim in his Inside Higher Education blog, Learning Innovation, suggested that any discussion of the future of higher education should be informed by an understanding of the […]
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Four Common Strategies for Delivering and Sustaining Virtual Student Support
Published by: WCET | 3/11/2021
One of my favorite parts of the work I get to do for WCET is helping to honor our members and colleagues in the field that accomplish outstanding acts of service dedicated to improving student success in higher education. That’s […]
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Open Education Week 2021: A virtual trip around the globe
Published by: WCET | 3/5/2021
Happy #OEWeek! This week we celebrated with our WCET, higher education, and open education community on social media and learned through a wonderful guest post from Jenny Parks and Regina Gong. Check out their post for information on leveraging partnerships […]
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Leveraging Regional Partnerships for a State-wide OER Community
Published by: WCET | 3/3/2021
Happy Open Education Week! What can be accomplished when we all work together for educational equity? This week’s blog post by Jenny Parks and Regina Gong answers that question (Hint: the answer is going to blow your mind and make […]