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Research on “What Makes a Great MOOC”
Published by: WCET | 12/18/2013
December 18, 2013 Thank you to Colt Alton of Ednak for conducting this interview with Panagiotis Adamopoulos on his research regarding “What Makes a Great MOOC.” Adamopoulos is a PhD Candidate of Information Systems at New York University’s Leonard N. […]
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Choosing the Right Mobile Device to Fit Your Needs
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2013
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, with the Tennessee Board of Regents, eLearning Initiative, as a guest blogger. In the following post she shares with us the research she conducted on the top educational […]
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WCET13 Recap: Honoring the Past, Planning for the Future
Published by: WCET | 11/21/2013
As we crossed the milestone of the 25th WCET Annual Meeting, the WCET community took the time to celebrate the past while not dwelling there but rather planning for the future. As promised, not only did the weather in Denver […]
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Celebrate 25 Years with #WCET13 – Near or Far
Published by: WCET | 11/12/2013
Whether you’ll be with us in person or in spirit, there are many not-to-miss sessions and networking opportunities at the WCET 25th Annual Meeting. WCET is thrilled to have numerous edtech innovators on the Annual Meeting program. Our two keynote […]
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Four Ways to Prepare Your IT Infrastructure for a Mobile Learning Revolution
Published by: WCET | 10/31/2013
In the last of our three blog posts on Walters State (TN) Community College’s ambitious initiative to implement mobile learning campus-wide, we learn about the IT needs required to support multiple devices for every faculty, staff, and student. If they […]
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Successfully Implementing Mobile Learning Across an Entire Campus
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2013
We better be paying attention to mobile learning. A short while ago, I asked Robbie Melton, the Tennessee Board of Regents’ (and WCET’s) “Appologist” about examples in her state of successful implementation of mobile learning on campus. She introduced me […]
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A Look at the Top Tools for Learning from WCET Closing Presenter, Jane Hart
Published by: WCET | 10/14/2013
Today’s guest blog is from Jane Hart who is a world renowned edtech expert, the founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT), and compiler of Top 100 Tools for Learning lists. WCET is fortunate to have Jane […]
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Steps in Forming a Good Partnership with Third Party Vendors
Published by: WCET | 10/3/2013
As a distance education administrator you will be working with all kinds of third party vendors. In higher education we use many vendors to run our business. For distance education there are the critical systems we use, such as our […]
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The Audacity of MOOCS
Published by: WCET | 9/30/2013
After last week’s blog posting from David Cillay, Richard Katz (former WCET Executive Council member) and I had a great discussion via email. I invited Richard to provide his viewpoint. Richard served 14 years as vice president of EDUCAUSE and […]
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It’s Time to Redirect the Conversation about MOOCs
Published by: WCET | 9/26/2013
So many exciting things are happening in higher education these days, it could make a guy’s hair fall out (see my photo at the bottom of this post). Most of the headlines have been about “massive” education and the stories […]