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What Would Xena Do? ASWE Knows the Answer

Published by: WCET | 5/29/2025

At WCET, we know that leading in digital learning takes strength, strategy, and sometimes even a warrior’s mindset. That’s why we’re thrilled to share this post about the Annual Summit for Women in eLearning (ASWE). ASWE, held in conjunction with WCET 2025, is a post-conference-conference and a growing community dedicated to lifting women up in […]

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Navigating Course Sharing in the ICCOC: How Collaboration Shapes Online Education

Published by: WCET | 5/8/2025

When institutions come together with a shared vision, remarkable things can happen—especially in online education. This week on Frontiers, WCET Steering Committee member Theresa Umscheid, Executive Director of the Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC), shares how a commitment to equity, consistency, and student success guides the ICCOC’s approach to course sharing. In her post, […]

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The Quality Conversation

Published by: WCET | 5/1/2025

It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since the sudden shift to remote learning in spring 2020. Institutions, faculty, and staff scrambled to keep courses going—and they did, under incredibly tough circumstances. But as time passed, many of the critiques of that emergency shift unfairly landed on online learning as a whole. In today’s […]

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20 Years of WOW: Celebrating Innovation in Digital Learning

Published by: WCET | 4/24/2025

The WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award honors exceptional initiatives by our WCET member institutions and organizations. We use the WOW Award program to showcase important and innovative projects from all over the US. As we’ve celebrated just over two decades of WOW Award winners (whoa!), I wanted to take a moment to look back at […]

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Digital Learning Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education in 2025

Published by: WCET | 3/6/2025

Hello WCET Community! As the WCET Steering Committee Chair, I am honored to work with our members to help guide the content, themes, and activities that inform WCET’s work throughout 2025. Collectively, the Steering Committee selected two key topics to focus on this year: Over the next several months, the Steering Committee work groups will […]

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Humanizing Ed-Tech Through the Human Advantage Framework™

Published by: WCET | 2/20/2025

Here at WCET, our focus is on educational technology and digital learning. While many of us enjoy learning about the latest and greatest tech tools, we know technology alone is not at the heart of our work. The most advanced digital learning tool holds little value if our students are unable to use it effectively […]

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Revisiting the Cost and Price of Distance Education

Published by: WCET | 1/23/2025

Distance education has come a long way since WCET conducted a survey to better understand the relationship between the cost and price of distance education in 2016. The results of this survey were published in the 2017 study Distance Education Price and Cost Report. That survey found that although 75% of respondents indicated that distance […]

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NC-SARA, SARA, and SAN: The Power of Collaboration

Published by: WCET | 1/14/2025

The National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) and the State Authorization Network (SAN) are two national, nonprofit organizations established to improve the quality, accessibility, and reach of postsecondary education opportunities for learners across the nation. The two organizations achieve this by providing leadership, guidance, and support as we work closely with states, higher […]

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December Federal Rulemaking Activity – New Final Regulations & Withdrawn Provisions

Published by: WCET | 1/7/2025

T’was the final weeks of December when most of higher education was not stirring – except for the U.S. Department of Education (Department). The Department was preparing gifts announcements finalizing the regulatory issues from the Winter 2024 rulemaking. In late December, the Department released two important announcements: These announcements separate the Winter 2024 issue areas […]

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