Published by: WCET | 10/12/2012

Thank you to our guest bloggers Marianne Boeke of NCHEMS and Sharmila Basu Mann of SHEEO.  Both of their organizations share the same building as WCET, and we have enjoyed working together with them on the state authorization issue.  With […]

Published by: WCET | 9/26/2012

Thank you to guest blogger, Chuck Wight of the University of Utah.  In this  post, he describes some of his experiences in taking a MOOC offered by Coursera. Last fall, Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig offered their Artificial Intelligence course […]

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Published by: WCET | 9/19/2012

At last year’s WCET Annual Meeting, the “Forging the Future” preconference engaged participants in addressing the question of whether a $10,000 degree was doable.  Together, the participants developed fascinating options on how an institution could be created to address this […]

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Published by: WCET | 9/13/2012

Game-based learning, gamification and badges are gathering steam across higher education as forms of student engagement and alternative credentialing.  As your cooperative, WCET designed our authentic experience of badges and game-based learning to give our members and friends a way […]

Published by: WCET | 8/29/2012

Today Frontiers is pleased to welcome Jerry Trapnell, Ph.D. of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International as our guest blogger. Dr. Trapnell shares with us here the process of AACSB’s review and update of its accreditation standards […]

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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 […]

Published by: WCET | 8/17/2012

This past week I had the opportunity to chat with Inside Higher Ed reporter Steve Kolovich on the post-MOOC emergence of free courses, programs, and even degrees. In particular, Steve was interested in knowing what I thought about World Education […]

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Published by: WCET | 8/16/2012

Ah, late October….what a great time to visit San Antonio for WCET’s 24th Annual Meeting!  The weather is perfect, the festivals are in full swing, and the city is filled to the brim with great stuff to do and see.  […]

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Published by: WCET | 8/9/2012

Robert Griggs is the Interim Vice President for Innovation and Extended Learning at Bemidji State University, which is located in northern Minnesota.  Bob has a long history of experience with online education.  We asked him to comment on trends that […]

Published by: WCET | 7/31/2012

In our blog posting earlier this week, we said that the U.S. Department says that it will not enforce its distance education state authorization regulations, but that many questions remain.  I’ve had several conversations over the last few days as […]