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Ivy Tech’s ‘Innovation Day’ Supports Promising Faculty Ideas
Published by: WCET | 3/29/2019
Thank you to Kara Monroe for today’s WCET Frontiers guest blog post. Kara is the Provost and Senior Vice President at Ivy Tech Community College and also serves on the WCET Steering Committee. During Ivy Tech’s Innovation Day, faculty have […]
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Tracking enrollments in online and distance education in Canada: 2018
Published by: WCET | 3/26/2019
WCET plays an integral role in advising the Canadian National Survey of Online and Distance Education. This is the second year of the survey and the following blog contains the most recent results. Thanks Tricia Donovan! -Erin Walton, contract editor […]
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Let the DATA drive: Washington community & technical college’s journey to establish OER and Low-Cost codes
Published by: WCET | 3/21/2019
In this blog, Mark Jenkins and Boyoung Chae detail the vital benefits of using a data-driven approach in OER initiatives to promote affordability and student success for Washington’s Community and Technical Colleges. Their approach helped to meet two important goals: […]
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Developing a State Authorization Policy: It’s About the Journey
Published by: WCET | 3/13/2019
Today we welcome Lisa Siefker and Robert Griffiths from The Ohio State University to share their journey to educate their institution, assess practices, create and implement processes that connect the core mission of the university to institutional compliance for out-of-state […]
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Expanding access, success, and equitable outcomes through the effective implementation of digital learning
Published by: WCET | 2/21/2019
A Sense of Urgency Many public colleges and universities have embraced the mission of increasing access to higher education by recruiting more diverse student populations. Unfortunately, institutions continue to see significant persistence and completion gaps for their low-income students, students […]
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The value of micro-credentials and badging needs continual clarification
Published by: WCET | 12/14/2018
Welcome today to David Porter, CEO of eCampusOntario, who joins us to discuss the value of micro-credentials and badging. After an intriguing keynote presentation at an educational event, David reached out to several education colleagues who work and research in […]
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Regional Collaboration in Promoting OER Adoption
Published by: WCET | 12/12/2018
Today WCET Frontiers is excited to showcase the recent Open Educational Resources (OER) Implementation and Policy Summit for the MHEC States. This multi-state OER meeting brought together OER advocates from across campuses, legislatures, faculty, students, and more to collaboratively learn […]
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Accessibility & Procurement: What do we need to know?
Published by: WCET | 11/14/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This post is part of the on-going collaboration on accessibility issues between WCET and OLC. Thank you to Kelly Hermann, University […]
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The Role of Procurement in Digital Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), in conjunction with the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE is a partner with WebAIM), jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This […]
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EdReady Montana: Scaling a Low-Cost College Readiness Initiative Statewide
Published by: WCET | 10/11/2018
Today we continue our 2018 WCET Oustanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! For this post, we’re joined by Ryan Schrenk and Robert Currie of the Montana Digital Academy (MTDA) with the University of Montana, who are here to tell […]