New on WCET Frontiers
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Helping Students Prepare for Digital Learning: Providing Information at the Time of Enrollment
Published by: WCET | 12/13/2022
As digital learning professionals, we know that there are a variety of issues that can factor into student success in a digital course. Such issues range from access to the necessary technologies and bandwidth to better understanding instructor expectations for […]
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We Missed You WCET! – Our fav moments from #WCET2022
Published by: WCET | 12/2/2022
Each year (except for a few recent years that we don’t want to think about) WCET community members, higher education practitioners, and the WCET staff join together to celebrate, collaborate, share, learn, and laugh at the WCET Annual Meeting. After […]
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The Quality – Equity Bond: Advancing Equity and Quality in Online Learning Today
Published by: WCET | 10/20/2022
Today I’m thrilled to help kick off our Frontiers and WCET Steering Committee working group series on equity and quality in higher education digital learning. Throughout the next several weeks, we will hear from Steering Committee members and experts in […]
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Georgetown University’s Trek to Turn Refugees into Students
Published by: WCET | 10/13/2022
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Kelly Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University, to discuss the University’s program to assist refugees in the Middle East. This outstanding work will have an incredible impact for refugee students, and […]
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Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom
Published by: WCET | 9/29/2022
Overview and Introduction Today, we conclude the WCET blog series on microcredentials which set out to address the inception, implementation, and evaluation of microcredentialing approaches across the higher education industry. We learned that there is a wide range of reasons […]
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Lessons Learned – The Implementation Stage of Microcredentials
Published by: WCET | 9/22/2022
Welcome to the continuation of the WCET + WCET Steering work group series focused on microcredential initiatives. This series explores microcredential adoption, implementation, and evaluation. Previously, the series has reviewed the importance of understanding the strategic goals of microcredential projects, […]
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Definitions of Digital and Distance Education Spotlighted by WCET this Fall
Published by: WCET | 9/15/2022
What term do you use to describe a course where technology allows faculty and students to connect over space and time? Any/all of these? Distance learning. Online learning. Blended learning. Hybrid learning. Hyflex learning. Digital learning. Remote learning. Emergency remote […]
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A Hopefully Interesting Introduction to Passwords
Published by: WCET | 9/8/2022
Password security is, simultaneously, one of the most important and most hated aspects of cybersecurity. To many – myself included – it’s frustrating and confounding that everyone should need so many passwords, each of which contain more complex characters, just […]
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Back to School means back to campus for nearly all…but is it where they want and need to be?
Published by: WCET | 8/30/2022
It’s Back to School time and while the season is filled with its typical excitement for new beginnings, this year there are certainly additional considerations when it comes to heading back to campus. Today we welcome back Kara Monroe, who […]
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Coming Attractions: Can’t Miss Features from WCET this Fall
Published by: WCET | 8/25/2022
The one constant in life is change. The variable is the pace of change. And lately, it seems change has accelerated. Image by Andreas Glöckner from Pixabay The academic year has either just started, or you are preparing for it […]