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Proposed Safeguards Against Financial Aid Fraud: Some Needed, Some Go Too Far
Published by: WCET | 2/26/2014
February 26, 2014 New regulations and reporting requirements to help battle federal financial aid fraud for institutions that offer distance education are coming. No doubt, additional protections are needed tools to combat financial aid fraud. The distance education community needs […]
Online Collaboration with Open Tools: The Case for Google Drive & Hangouts
Published by: WCET | 7/10/2013
As a loyal follower of WCET’s discussion threads over the years, I’ve had an opportunity to chime in on various topics, and the use of online tools for student collaboration is probably at the top of my list of issues […]
Practice
Morphing Virtual into Reality – Building the “Virtual College”
Published by: WCET | 8/23/2012
Last fall, I had the pleasure of meeting President Lee Lambert and Ann Garnsey-Harner of Shoreline Community College after they presented on their ambitious plans to create a virtual college. I was taken by the visionary leadership of President Lambert […]
Should Online Courses Charge Less? It Doesn’t Just Happen
Published by: WCET | 3/22/2012
I was recently invited to address the Indiana Commission for Higher Education on this issue. They had received several proposals for distance programs in recent months. Each one was pricing its courses at a rate higher than its on-campus counterpart. […]
Practice
Keeping Institutional Decision-Making Up With New Learning Platforms
Published by: WCET | 2/16/2012
Today we welcome Phil Hill, executive vice president at Delta Initiative, as a guest blogger. Phil is a consultant and industry analyst covering the educational technology market primarily for higher education. We have seen a great deal of change in […]
Questions about Online Learning? Respond to the Managing Online Ed Survey.
Published by: WCET | 11/16/2011
You get questions. We get questions. What are other campuses doing about the issues that vex you? How do you know? There is only one way to find out, ask them. And there is only one way for us share […]