New on WCET Frontiers
Practice
Interpreting what is Required for “Regular and Substantive Interaction”
Published by: Russ Poulin | 9/30/2016
As greater numbers of students move into online and competency-based education programs, we have seen new interest in understanding the Department of Education’s regulations. In particular, faculty and administrators seek to understand how the Department interprets rules requiring courses to […]
Practice
What I Learned About Adapting Content – Working with Vendors & Publishers
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 4/13/2016
So you have decided you want to adapt a course and you are just beginning to learn more about the process and work involved. In this blog post, I will share my personal experience of working through the adaptive process, […]
Practice
Edtech is a Human Experience: My First SXSWedu
Published by: Ashley Woods | 3/14/2016
Sometimes you have to start at the end to see the beginning more clearly. On my {somewhat delayed} journey home from SXSWedu, our Mike Abbiatti posed the question, “if technology is all it’s cracked up to be, why do we spend so […]
Practice
Adaptive Learning: Standing Up to Three Major Educational Challenges
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 1/7/2016
In this week’s blog on adaptive learning, I will share some benefits of using adaptive learning in higher education based upon the three major challenges Richard Culatta, former Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of […]
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The Promise of Adaptivity
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 12/8/2015
WCET seeks to raise awareness on the why, how and what of adaptive learning; to develop a community of faculty, administrators, designers and providers to share promising practices and ideas; and for WCET to be a valuable resource on this […]
Practice
NROC, EdReady, and Continuous Innovation
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 12/3/2015
For those who attended the annual meeting, you already had in introduction to EdReady by The NROC Project as a 2015 WOW Award winner. They created a great video that explains the basis of the project, but we asked Ahrash […]
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Recycling, Revitalizing and Reimagining
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 8/11/2015
Today we welcome Stacey Güney, director, HLC ACCelerator, Austin Community College as she shares with us how the rebirth of the physical shell of the Highland Mall has led to the rebirth of hope in ACC students. Rebirth of the Highland […]
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Connected Devices, Connected Colleagues
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 7/31/2015
You will not want to miss the WCET Annual Meeting in Denver at the beautiful Westin Downtown, November 11-13. Though the fall meeting schedule is packed, a recent attendee said, “WCET is the one meeting on my agenda that I WILL […]
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Highlights from #WCETSummit: #AdaptiveLearning in #HigherEd
Published by: Ashley Woods | 6/19/2015
As has become tradition, June 10th and 11th, a band of WCET’ers gathered to explore an emerging innovation in higher education – adaptive learning. Following in the footsteps of our summits on big data and alternative credentials, this summit looked […]
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Connecting the Dots
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 1/14/2015
Today we welcome our new WCET executive director, Michael D. Abbiatti, to his first post on Frontiers. Many of you know Mike from his years of active participation as a member of WCET. We invite you to take a moment […]