Practice
Published by: WCET | 9/13/2011
WCET’s 23rd Annual Conference is just around the corner. The office is a buzz with the coordination of speakers, logistics, and details for the conference. I like many of you, am wondering if we lost a month of summer, because […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 8/23/2011
Adrian Sannier, vice president of product at Pearson eCollege, and Mark Sarver, CEO of EduKan, will be kicking off WCET”S 23rd Annual Conference, in Denver, CO on October 26-29. The duo will present about the future of technology in higher […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 7/27/2011
Roger McHaney is a long-time advocate of online learning and has participated in past WCET Conferences. He is the Wiki-keeper for ELATEwiki and has recently written a book entitled ‘The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials are Revolutionizing […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 7/6/2011
Myk Garn, SREB, and Hae Okimoto, University of Hawaii, have been thinking up an exciting new addition to the WCET Annual Conference. We asked them to share their idea with you. The future is relatively hard to predict. But, future […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 6/15/2011
Diane Goldsmith is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium. A long-time contributor to WCET activities, Diane is the current WCET Steering Committee Chair and serves on the WCET Executive Council. Maybe I’m just getting cranky, but I’m […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 5/16/2011
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) a grant to identify variables that influence student retention and progression. Announced in a May 16 press release, the findings are intended to assist institutional and […]
Policy
Published by: WCET | 3/24/2011
First a short musing on “train wrecks” followed by a couple requests of you. We need your help on the impact of the ‘state authorization’ regulation on students and your outstanding questions about it. Speaking of Train Wrecks “Train Wreck.” […]
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Published by: WCET | 1/6/2011
I thought it might be fun and informative to pose a challenge to several people whose opinions I respect. I asked them to send me: “A prediction – something that you think will happen in 2011. You can be as […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 12/13/2010
Watch for more information about the regulations regarding state approval of distance education coming soon. Meanwhile, I am pleased to introduce this guest posting about developing online adjunct faculty. Faculty development for distance teachers has long been thought to be […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 10/7/2010
Original post from Ellen Wagner on her eLearning Roadtrip blog: As I have been immersing myself in the issues, politics and nuances of post-secondary educational online learning this past year, I have come to appreciate the role that a cooperative […]