Category: Practice

Practice

Published by: WCET | 1/25/2024

Post-secondary education serves as a cornerstone for personal development and plays a large role in shaping an individual’s career path. Such an education provides the opportunity to increase a student’s understanding of their chosen field and to develop important skills for their daily personal and work life. Experiential and practical experiences associated with a course […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 1/23/2024

While I feel that the pandemic brought the impact of mental and physical health on daily life more into focus, it’s still hard for us to balance wellness with work. I love my work, but this is a daily struggle for me. Throw some health challenges into the mix, and suddenly that juggling act gets […]

PolicyPractice

Published by: WCET | 1/11/2024

In Hanna-Barbera’s 1962-63 space age cartoon, The Jetsons, Jetson’s son Elroy is enrolled in Little Dipper School with a robotic teacher, Miss Brainmocker. In this depiction, there is not a human teacher in sight, just robotic Miss Brainmocker. It’s safe to say, that in the future there is either no Department of Education or a […]

NetworksPractice

Published by: WCET | 12/14/2023

In the realm of excellence, there are those who go above and beyond to achieve greatness. Their dedication, passion, and outstanding contributions set them apart, and it is important to honor those contributions with prestigious awards. Today, the State Authorization Network (SAN), a division of WCET – the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, not only […]

EventPractice

Published by: WCET | 11/30/2023

As promised in my most recent post, I wanted to continue to share feedback and reflections about this year’s WCET Annual Meeting and the Annual Summit for Women in eLearning (ASWE) . I asked some of the WCET leadership and friends to share takeaways and topics that threaded through the entire event (especially those that […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 11/9/2023

Today, WCET’s parent company, WICHE – the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, is holding its Commission Meeting in California. During this meeting, Commission members, higher education leaders from each of the WICHE states, and WICHE staff will meet to orient new Commissioners, discuss the work of WICHE and WICHE member states, hold committee meetings […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 10/26/2023

Today we welcome several staff from the eLearning Department at Sinclair Community College, who are here to share about a new tool they use for designing and evaluating digital courses. Sinclair Community College prioritizes transformative teaching and learning reflecting the Dayton region’s goal of holistic diversity. The college’s mission reflects the historic words of its […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 10/19/2023

Today we continue the 2023 WOW Awards series here on Frontiers! If you missed the first post in our series, check out the post about RIOPACT from Rio Salado College. This week, we’re joined by Brad Griffith, Associate Vice Chancellor […]

Practice

Published by: WCET | 10/18/2023

This month, WCET selected Academic Integrity as our focus area theme. I always associate October with academic integrity because of the International Center for Academic Integrity’s (ICAI) International Day Against Contract Cheating – which, this year, is being re-framed as […]

PolicyPractice

Published by: WCET | 10/17/2023

The State Authorization Network (SAN) is pleased to release a very thorough examination of state authorization of distance education through the lens of a colleague who witnessed many steps in the development of consumer protections for students participating in interstate […]