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Did Your Course Go Digital Due to COVID-19? Playbook Advises on Regulations When Making the Switch
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 11/4/2020
The spring 2020 term saw an unprecedented response to an unprecedented challenge as virtually every U.S. higher education institution offering face-to-face instruction rapidly switched to remote instruction, many in as little as one to two weeks and some in a […]
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Fall and Beyond: Higher Education in the Age of COVID-19 and Other Disasters
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 5/8/2020
Even before the COVID-19 global pandemic, higher education was struggling to make sense of what David La Piana and Melissa Mendes call a VUCA world in The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World. Originally coined by […]
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The Landscape of OER Policy and Practice in Texas
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 12/19/2019
Welcome to Judith Sebesta, Executive Director of the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex), who joins us with an update on the strategic planning process for the former Virtual College of Texas and to tell us about this year’s […]
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An Inspired Strategic Plan
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 7/17/2019
Welcome to Judith Sebesta Executive Director of the newly minted Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas, who is here today for a followup to her post a few months ago. Today’s post discusses the strategic planning process for the former […]
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Developing Future Leaders in Maryland Distance Education
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 8/16/2018
As a new generation of distance education leaders emerges, it is incumbent on all of us to help these future leaders develop their leadership skills. The MarylandOnline consortium has taken great steps to ensure the success of future leaders through […]
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A Consortium Closes. Wondering Why? And Why I Will Miss It.
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 6/29/2018
As recently as April, I cited the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium (CTDLC) as a stellar example of institutions coming together to accomplish more in partnership than they could on their own. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that CTDLC is closing […]
How a Technical Call Center Added Financial Aid Calls – and Thrived!
Published by: Russ Poulin | 7/16/2015
After 10 years of providing technical support for e-Learning solutions, the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium’s (CTDLC) Call Center was presented with an interesting opportunity. The CFO of our parent organization, Charter Oak State College, approached us to ask whether we […]
Kentucky’s Commonwealth College – United We Stand
Published by: Russ Poulin | 12/17/2014
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education has a great history of statewide elearning innovation, see Kentucky Virtual Campus, Kentucky Virtual Library, Kentucky Virtual Adult Education, and Learn on Demand. In a partnership among its colleges, they are increasing the capacity […]
Project DAVID — Strategic Reinvention in Liberal Arts Colleges
Published by: Russ Poulin | 5/7/2014
Many WCET members are involved in “reinvention” of their institutions and the change management that it implies. Project DAVID engaged leaders in liberal arts colleges in sharing their innovations. Thank you to Ann Hill Duin and Eric Childers for their […]
Seeking Your Input on Online Consortia and Online Community Colleges
Published by: Russ Poulin | 4/9/2014
State U Online: An Overview Last year, New America published State U Online, a report I wrote after over a year of research. The project, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation, was based […]