Tag: Online Learning

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Published by: WCET | 9/11/2025

It comes as no surprise that Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education. Much of what is emerging from the field relates to AI, whether it is news about technological advancements or questions about how we should use it. Alongside these, a wave of AI literacy frameworks has emerged, each offering its own definitions, competencies, […]

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Published by: WCET | 9/4/2025

WCET has always taken accessibility seriously. When we updated our website in 2021, we worked diligently to ensure that all content, including PDFs, adhered to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, AA standards. We worked with WebAIM a few years after the website’s launch to ensure that our web-based content still complied with those standards. […]

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Published by: WCET | 8/28/2025

Imagine a student who relies on a screen reader to navigate their course or descriptive audio to better understand and follow video recordings. For that student, accessibility is a necessity. Thirty-five years ago, America made a commitment to that student when President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on a hot […]

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Published by: WCET | 8/21/2025

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant possibility on the higher education horizon. It’s here. And it is reshaping how institutions operate, teach, and support learners (in fact, I’d say it is changing the way most places operate, whether they’re ready for it or not). Since WCET’s first AI survey in 2023, the pace of […]

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Published by: WCET | 8/7/2025

I didn’t realize at the time the extent to which technology would consume my professional and personal lives, but I do remember the wonder of exploring that computer and creating things that I never imagined. Fast forward to 2025, where the smartphone that I carry in my pocket can store seven million times more data […]

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Published by: WCET | 6/12/2025

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our personal and professional lives, higher education must take a strategic, coordinated approach to help students develop essential AI literacies. In this timely post, Gloria Niles, WCET Steering Committee Vice Chair, and the Director of Online Learning with the University of Hawai’i System, reflects on the 2025 EDUCAUSE […]

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Published by: WCET | 6/5/2025

Back before the pandemic, I embarked on a western U.S. camping trip I lovingly referred to as my “midlife crisis trip.” One of the few national parks I got to visit before the pandemic forced me back home was Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. If you’ve spent any time at Zion, you are likely […]

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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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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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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 […]