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Practice
Transforming Our Model for Student Success: The WRAP Initiative
Published by: WCET | 10/19/2018
Welcome to the final blog post in our WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! Today we are joined by Jason M. Ruckert from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, to discuss their 2018 WOW Award winning initiative: Worldwide Retention, […]
Practice
UNLV Pays a Cost for Not Notifying Students about Charges for Proctoring Services
Published by: WCET | 10/17/2018
Cheryl Dowd, Director of the State Authorization Network, and I have been presenting this summer about the status of the federal state authorization regulation. In those presentations we remind people about other federal regulations that remain in place. The one […]
Policy
The Department of Education’s Plans for Overhauling Accrediting and Innovation Regulations
Published by: WCET | 10/15/2018
On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Department of Education published the unofficial version of its plan to establish an “Accreditation and Innovation” negotiated rule making committee. The final version should be published in the Federal Register today and includes the […]
Practice
EdReady Montana: Scaling a Low-Cost College Readiness Initiative Statewide
Published by: WCET | 10/11/2018
Today we continue our 2018 WCET Oustanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! For this post, we’re joined by Ryan Schrenk and Robert Currie of the Montana Digital Academy (MTDA) with the University of Montana, who are here to tell […]
Practice
OSCQR Institution Showcase
Published by: WCET | 10/4/2018
Each week leading up to this year’s WCET Annual Meeting (October 23 – 25), WCET Frontiers will be featuring a post from one of our 2018 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award recipients. This week we are excited to hear more […]
Practice
Research Dispels Myth that Adult Students Don’t Cheat in Online Classes
Published by: WCET | 10/2/2018
We love insights and stories about improving academic integrity in all settings and we welcome today’s guest post. Beth Rubin, Ph.D., has been practicing and leading online education at for-profit and non-profit universities for the past 19 years. She is […]
Practice
Expanding the OER Research Horizon – the OER Research Fellowship
Published by: WCET | 9/25/2018
If you celebrated a recent large-scale study at the University of Georgia showing Open Educational Resource’s (OER) positive impact on student outcomes, you’ll be excited to know that there are many other articles on the topic of OER efficacy and […]
Practice
YOU at College: Personalizing Well-being and Success for Every Student
Published by: WCET | 9/21/2018
One of my favorite WCET activities is coordinating our WCET Awards initiative. I am lucky to have the opportunity to learn about the incredible work being done by various institutions and organizations in higher education. WCET highlights this work through […]
Practice
Breathing New Life into the Collaboratory, Reviving an Innovative Teaching Space
Published by: WCET | 8/31/2018
Many of us have an interested in increasing the opportunities for our students to work collaboratively. An excellent way to help facilitate group work is to make sure our learning spaces are conducive to group conversations, work, and study. Many […]
Practice
Promising Practices and the Future of Dual Enrollment
Published by: WCET | 8/23/2018
In our last dual enrollment post, we discussed the various types of dual enrollment courses, impact of these courses, who’s taking and offering these courses, and the pros and cons of dual enrollment. This week we’re looking at some promising […]