Closer Conversation
Digital Divide 2.1: Improving Access for All Learners
In this month’s Closer Conversation, we will discuss what members are doing to improve access to digital learning for all learners. Attendees will discuss: Strategies for narrowing the digital...
Digital Learning and Distance Education Definitions – Where there is clarity, confusion, and what matters to the students?
In this month’s Closer Conversation, we will discuss some of the key insights from WCET’s forthcoming report “Definitions of Distance Learning” about the need for effective, student-centered polices around...
Artificial Intelligence Is Here, Now What?
In this month’s Closer Conversation, we will come together to share and learn about the role that generative AI like ChatGPT might play in the classroom. There has been...
Positioning Your Institution with Industry for a Sustainable Workforce
In this month's Closer Conversation, we will come together to share and learn how we work with businesses to build sustainable talent pipelines. The current economy requires creative solutions...
Fostering Community and Belonging Beyond the Workplace Water Cooler
Join our conversationalists to discuss strategies for building community in the new world of work where teams are no longer connecting around the office water cooler. As teams are...
A WCET Closer Conversation: Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources (OER) – freely accessible and openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research...
A WCET Closer Conversation: How to Create a Sense of Community When There Is No Community
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Town Halls, Lunch and Learns, oh my! The ideal community is one of fluid and engaging communication between all stakeholders of the institution – students, faculty,...
A WCET Closer Conversation: Ensuring Quality in Digital Learning
Ensuring high-quality teaching and learning is top of mind for all of us in higher education. The transition to post-pandemic higher education from emergency course delivery affords the opportunity...
A WCET Closer Conversation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Digital Learning
The last year has been filled with racial protests and a new realization that America still suffers from a considerable digital divide. Colleges and universities across the United States...
A WCET Closer Conversation: Mentoring Women in Digital Learning
Mentoring is essential to our growth as leaders and professionals. How can we leverage the WCET community to create connections and support women in higher education digital learning to...