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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 […]
Limited Time Offer!: Using Retail Marketing Tactics to Get Adults Back to College
Published by: WCET | 6/24/2014
Connecticut’s innovative new program to attract students with some credits, but no degree has had amazing success in grabbing the attention of its target audience. Thank you to Ed Klonoski, President of Charter Oak State College, who describes “Go Back […]
Project DAVID — Strategic Reinvention in Liberal Arts Colleges
Published by: WCET | 5/7/2014
Many WCET members are involved in “reinvention” of their institutions and the change management that it implies. Project DAVID engaged leaders in liberal arts colleges in sharing their innovations. Thank you to Ann Hill Duin and Eric Childers for their […]
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Open Educational Resources: How Broward College Online Took the Dive
Published by: WCET | 5/1/2014
Today we welcome guest author, David Shulman, Campus President, Broward College Online, as he shares with us how Florida’s Global Campus made the commitment to and implemented open educational resources and other no-cost course materials. Background It’s no secret that […]
Seeking Your Input on Online Consortia and Online Community Colleges
Published by: WCET | 4/9/2014
State U Online: An Overview Last year, New America published State U Online, a report I wrote after over a year of research. The project, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation, was based […]
Clearing Misconceptions in Distance Ed Enrollments by Sector: IPEDS Reality Check
Published by: WCET | 3/19/2014
March 19, 2014 Let’s play a game. What percentage of all distance education enrollments occur in for-profit institutions? In private, non-profits? In public institutions? Hold onto your guesses as we’ll get to the answers later in this blog post. The […]
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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 […]
Training for Mobile Learning: Moving from the Basics to Redefining Learning
Published by: WCET | 10/29/2013
This is the second in a series of blog posts from our friends at Walters State Community College in Tennessee. The first post covered how they organized campus-wide implementation of their mobile learning initiative. This post focuses on steps in […]
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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 […]