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Creating a New Kind of OWL: Online Writing Support that Makes a Difference
Published by: WCET | 9/18/2014
The Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a 2014 recipient of the WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award and will accept the award at the WCET Annual Meeting. Today Crystal Sands, Director of the OWL shares with us the goals, […]
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Education 3.0 – Around The Globe
Published by: WCET | 8/27/2014
What do Greeks, Vietnamese, Australians, and Americans have in common? The answer is no joke… I travel a lot. For the past several years, I have accumulated over 200,000 miles per year, going around the world to speak about education […]
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The Evolution of Education
Published by: WCET | 8/14/2014
This year, the WCET Annual Meeting will kick off with a keynote from Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY). Today she shares with us how her team is addressing three fundamental principles in education – access, completion and […]
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You can learn THAT online?!?!?
Published by: WCET | 8/7/2014
Online learning has been popularized through programs in business, technology, education and even nursing. However, over the years, the diversity of programs you can take online – even those which require extensive clinical hours – has grown. For a little […]
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The Starbucks Plan: A Big Step Forward, But Challenges Remain
Published by: WCET | 7/31/2014
Our WICHE Colleague, Patrick Lane, senior policy analyst and the project coordinator for the Adult College Completion Network, shares with us today a recap, originally posted on the ACCN blog, of what the Starbucks-ASU partnership means for employees and how […]
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This Summer, Online Collaborating is Hot!
Published by: WCET | 7/24/2014
It has been a good summer and a good year for colleges finding ways to work together online. I’ve been meaning to note this development for some time, but this week’s developments with California State University Online prompted me to […]
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Fresh air, Fresh ideas
Published by: WCET | 7/9/2014
As military boot camp serves to bulk up the physical endurance and mental preparation for combat service, WCET’s data boot camp brought together cross-functional teams to bulk up their knowledge and preparation to build analytics capacity at their specific institution. […]
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Sloan-C, UPCEA, and WCET Partner on State Authorization Policy Recommendations
Published by: WCET | 6/16/2014
For the first time, WCET partnered with UPCEA and Sloan-C in providing recommendations on distance education policy. We stated our positions in a letter delivered on Friday to Secretary Arne Duncan of the U.S. Department of Education. In the letter […]
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A Response to New NCES Report on Distance Education
Published by: WCET | 6/11/2014
By Phil Hill and Russ Poulin, cross-posted to e-Literate blog. Last week the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a new report analyzing the new IPEDS data on distance education. The report, titled Enrollment in Distance Education Courses, by […]
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Glimpse into WCET Leadership Summit: Designing Alternative Pathways to Credentials
Published by: WCET | 5/20/2014
May 7th & 8th, 2014 Salt Lake City was again host to a bevy of WCET’ers, gathered to discuss how we in higher education can adopt, adapt and administer high quality credentials in new ways utilizing tools like competency based […]