Practice
Published by: WCET | 8/8/2013
Our next guest blogger in our series on MOOCs is Ray Schroeder, who, until recently was the Associate Vice Chancellor of Online Learning at the University of Illinois Springfield. Congratulations to Ray on his new position with UPCEA. Ray has […]
Practice
Published by: WCET | 8/6/2013
As part of our series on MOOCs, WCET asked Pat James Hanz of Mt. San Jacinto College to provide an overview of their experience in developing and offering their first course. We also asked her to provide some lessons learned […]
Published by: WCET | 8/1/2013
As part of our current series on MOOCs, we had planned to have Phil Hill (co-founder of MindWires Consulting and co-publisher of the e-Literate blog) as a guest blogger to update a January 2013 post for WCET in which he […]
Published by: WCET | 7/31/2013
John Ebersole, president of Excelsior College, gives his views on where MOOCs currently stand on their trek to become avenues for students to receive college credit. This guest blog posting is part of a short series on MOOCs and follow […]
Published by: WCET | 7/25/2013
Over the next few weeks, WCET will publish a series of blog posts on Massively Open Online Courses. Given the amount of press that MOOCs have received over the past year, you must be wondering why we need more writings […]
Published by: WCET | 7/17/2013
In recent weeks I have received several inquiries about that status of SARA – the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement. Since the national meeting in April, there has been activity, but it has been slower than hoped. To be clear, I […]
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 […]
Published by: WCET | 6/26/2013
Making college affordable is in headlines across the country. In today’s blog, Van Davis, Director of Special Projects, Workforce, Academic Affairs, and Research Division, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shares with us the story of an innovative baccalaureate program in Texas which […]
Published by: WCET | 6/18/2013
Last week higher education leaders from around the U.S. gathered in Salt Lake City to answer not only the question, “What is ‘big data’?”, but also the “Now What?” for its implications on the future of higher education. The two […]
Published by: WCET | 6/10/2013
In May, WCET sought your input regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of a new round of negotiated rulemaking. Such “rulemaking” is the first step in the Department possibly creating new regulations or refining old ones. Most notable to […]