Category: Practice

New on WCET Frontiers

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

Mind the Skills Gap

Published by: WCET | 1/28/2016

In the final chapter of our three-part set of guest blog posts focusing on the future, we welcome Michelle Weise. Formerly at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Michelle now serves as Executive Director of the Sandbox CoLABorative for Southern New Hampshire […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

Higher Education in the Year 2050: The Age of IoT Global Connectivity

Published by: WCET | 1/21/2016

Have you met Robbie Melton, Tennessee’s emerging education technologies evangelist? We sent her back to the future and an in today’s guest blog post, she shares what she found there. Thank you Robbie! What are your thoughts about the future? […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

WCET, OLC, & UPCEA Partner on Higher Ed Act for the 21st Century Learner

Published by: WCET | 1/12/2016

WCET partners with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) in creating a unified voice on pending federal regulations for today’s higher education students. By working together, we can have more impact on […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

Adaptive Learning: Standing Up to Three Major Educational Challenges

Published by: WCET | 1/7/2016

In this week’s blog on adaptive learning, I will share some benefits of using adaptive learning in higher education based upon the three major challenges Richard Culatta, former Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

The Promise of Adaptivity

Published by: WCET | 12/8/2015

WCET seeks to raise awareness on the why, how and what of adaptive learning; to develop a community of faculty, administrators, designers and providers to share promising practices and ideas; and for WCET to be a valuable resource on this […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

NROC, EdReady, and Continuous Innovation

Published by: WCET | 12/3/2015

For those who attended the annual meeting, you already had in introduction to EdReady by The NROC Project as a 2015 WOW Award winner. They created a great video that explains the basis of the project, but we asked Ahrash […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

Serving Older Students with New Technologies: Highlights from #ACCN15

Published by: WCET | 12/1/2015

Last month, just ahead of the WCET Annual Meeting, the Adult College Completion Network held their annual Workshop, focused on garnering discussion of how we best serve adult learners and bring them back into higher education.  Today, Christina Sedney, project […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

A Survey of Practices in Supporting Online Adjunct Faculty

Published by: WCET | 11/5/2015

Are colleges doing all they can to assure that their online adjunct faculty are successful? Institutions employing adjunct faculty for online courses were surveyed about the practices they use in supporting them.  With the frequent use of adjuncts and growing […]

frontiers feature image logo

Practice

DETA Advances Distance Ed Research Through Grants and a Toolkit

Published by: WCET | 10/19/2015

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA) Research Center invites you to participate in a competitive grant process. They are looking for researchers who want to conduct rigorous studies on effective course and institution practices in online […]

Subscribe

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,542 other subscribers

Archive By Month

Blog Tags

Distance Education (342)Student Success (315)Online Learning (242)Managing Digital Learning (241)State Authorization (230)WCET (223)U.S. Department of Education (215)Regulation (212)Technology (169)Digital Learning (165)Innovation (125)Teaching (121)Collaboration/Community (114)WCET Annual Meeting (106)Course Design (103)Professional Development (101)SAN (101)Access (100)Faculty (90)Cost of Instruction (89)Financial Aid (84)Legislation (83)Completion (74)Assessment (69)Accessibility (68)Instructional Design (68)Open Educational Resources (68)Professional Licensure (66)Accreditation (65)COVID-19 (64)SARA (64)Credentials (62)Competency-based Education (61)Quality (61)Data and Analytics (60)Diversity/Equity/Inclusion (59)Research (58)Reciprocity (57)WOW Award (54)Outcomes (47)Workforce/Employment (46)Negotiated Rulemaking (45)Regular and Substantive Interaction (43)Policy (43)Higher Education Act (41)Virtual/Augmented Reality (37)Artificial Intelligence (36)Title IV (36)Practice (35)Academic Integrity (34)Disaster Planning/Recovery (34)Leadership (34)State Authorization Network (33)Every Learner Everywhere (31)WCET Awards (31)IPEDS (28)Adaptive/Personalized Learning (28)Reauthorization (28)Military and Veterans (27)Survey (27)Credits (26)Disabilities (25)MOOC (23)WCET Summit (23)Retention (22)Evaluation (22)Complaint Process (21)Enrollment (21)WICHE (18)Correspondence Course (18)Physical Presence (17)System/Consortia (16)Cybersecurity (16)Products and Services (16)Blended/Hybrid Learning (15)Forprofit Universities (15)Member-Only (15)WCET Webcast (15)Digital Divide (14)Mobile Learning (14)NCOER (14)Textbooks (14)Consortia (13)Personalized Learning (12)Futures (11)Marketing (11)Privacy (11)STEM (11)Prior Learning Assessment (10)Courseware (10)Teacher Prep (10)Social Media (9)LMS (9)Rankings (9)Standards (8)Student Authentication (8)Partnership (8)Tuition and Fees (7)Readiness and Developmental Courses (7)Graduation (7)What's Next (7)International Students (6)K-12 (6)Lab Courses (6)Nursing (6)Remote Learning (6)Testing (6)Proctoring (5)Closer Conversation (5)ROI (5)DETA (5)Game-based/Gamification (5)Dual Enrollment (4)Outsourcing (4)Coding (4)Security (4)Higher Education Trends (4)Mental Health (4)Fall and Beyond Series (3)In a Time of Crisis (3)Net Neutrality (3)Universal Design for Learning (3)Cheating Syndicates Series (3)ChatGPT (3)Enrollment Shift (3)Minority Serving Institution (3)Nontraditional Learners (2)Student Identity Verification (2)Cross Skilling/Reskilling (2)Virtual Summit (2)Department of Education (2)Higher Education (2)Title IX (1)Business of Higher Education (1)OPMs (1)Third-Party Servicers (1)microcredentials (1)equity (1)Community College (1)Formerly Incarcerated Students (1)Global (1)Compliance (1)