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Don’t Lick Any Doorknobs and Roll Tide – Virtual Bama Bound and Shifting Operations
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 9/14/2021 | 0 comments
Today we continue our celebration of 2021 WOW awardees with a post from Rachel S. Thompson, Director, Center for Instructional Technology Office of Information Technology with The University of Alabama. When the higher education world moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alabama’s ITAS and CIT teams collaborated to shift their student orientation online, and […]
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From -A to -S: One University’s approach to designing audience-minded, context-driven online course development frameworks
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 9/1/2021 | 0 comments
Today we begin one of my favorite parts of the year – and no, it’s not pumpkin spice season (although that is up there…), it’s WOW celebration season! For the next several weeks, WCET Frontiers will feature blog post authors from our 2021 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award Winners. This year we took a slightly […]
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Open Education Week 2021: A virtual trip around the globe
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 3/5/2021 | 0 comments
Happy #OEWeek! This week we celebrated with our WCET, higher education, and open education community on social media and learned through a wonderful guest post from Jenny Parks and Regina Gong. Check out their post for information on leveraging partnerships to create and develop a state-wide OER community. Today we get to take a global […]
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Leveraging Regional Partnerships for a State-wide OER Community
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 3/3/2021 | 1 comments
Happy Open Education Week! What can be accomplished when we all work together for educational equity? This week’s blog post by Jenny Parks and Regina Gong answers that question (Hint: the answer is going to blow your mind and make you want to get involved). Working with Jenny and Regina to scale open educational resources […]
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Engage the Expert Network with Every Learner Everywhere
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 2/19/2021 | 0 comments
Providing and supporting education today requires instructors and practitioners to be highly knowledgeable, flexible, and adaptable, and to have a whole toolbox full of technology and teaching related skills. This is especially true now that they are teaching or supporting teaching in remote, online, or blended environments. These challenges are why I’m so thrilled about […]
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2020 Top 10 Frontiers Blog Posts
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 12/18/2020 | 0 comments
It’s that time again – let’s take a look at 2020’s Top 10 Frontiers blog posts based on views by you, our readers! Thank you for your support of WCET Frontiers through your subscriptions, comments, sharing, and guest authoring! 2020 was a challenge for us all, but we hope our posts provided you with assistance, […]
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Structure Your Accessibility Work
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 12/4/2020 | 0 comments
The following special topic paper originally appeared in the publication Pursuing Regulatory Compliance for Digital Instruction in Response to Covid-19: Policy Playbook, which was published by the Every Learner Everywhere Network and develop and edited by WCET. The Playbook gives background on several regulations, resources to understand them, and recommendations on how to comply. Today, we are featuring […]
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IPEDS Update: Department of Education’s Guidance on Reporting Distance Education Data
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 12/2/2020 | 0 comments
The U.S. Department of Education’s IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) provided guidance on how to report distance education activities during the pandemic. Whether on an emergency basis or planned for the safety of faculty and students, colleges and universities have adopted a variety of academic modality options. The Department’s explanations are welcomed help for […]
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Recapping the 2020 Election: What Higher Education Can Expect
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 11/13/2020 | 0 comments
The election of Donald Trump in 2016 significantly impacted higher education, perhaps more than any recent election. Citing her belief that “We must expand our thinking about what education actually is, as well as resist the urge to expect all students to follow the same track,” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has presided over a […]
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Institutional Accreditation in the Midst of COVID-19
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 11/6/2020 | 0 comments
In response to the pandemic, accrediting agencies acted creatively in applying their quality assurance processes in an uncertain and changing world. Today’s guest post provides insights about how one accrediting agency (the Higher Learning Commission) responded to this challenge and their view of the future. We requested this article because we openly wondered when accrediting […]