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Equity in a World of Artificial Intelligence
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 4/20/2023
Since our last blog in January on generative artificial intelligence (AI), the field has changed by leaps and bounds: Open AI released GPT4, Microsoft released its AI empowered Bing, and, Google recently released Bard. The higher education press continues to […]
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Engage the Expert Network with Every Learner Everywhere
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 2/19/2021
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 […]
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“60 Minutes” on Online Education – Reflections on a Story from 2001
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 2/18/2021
Cover of the 60 Minutes transcript So, how did the mass media view online education two decades ago? On February 18, 2001, the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes ran the segment “Online U,” which discussed the emergence of online offerings […]
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An Equation at the Heart of Equity in Higher Education
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 10/9/2020
WCET is thrilled to serve as the intermediary for Every Learner Everywhere, a network of twelve partner organizations with expertise in evaluating, implementing, scaling, and measuring the efficacy of education technologies, curriculum and course design strategies, teaching practices, and support […]
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Working Toward Equity in Online Education
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 10/1/2020
Editors note: An earlier edition of this article was published with a different title. Our team needed to make some updates to the content. We apologize for any disruption to reading the post. Online education has a problem and it’s […]
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A Road to Somewhere
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 7/31/2020
Last month I asked our readers to contemplate whether or not we’re “on a road to nowhere” as we prepare for the fall and beyond. Today, I want to take a look at where we are on that road and […]
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Student Device Preferences for Online Course Access and Multimedia Learning
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 6/12/2018
What technology devices do you have close to you right now? I have a desktop computer, two laptops, a Smartwatch, and a Smartphone. Students also have a numerous devices which they use for a variety of different purposes. But do […]
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WCET Summit: Ensuring Ethical and Equitable Access in Digital Learning
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 4/24/2018
In June 2017, I had the outstanding opportunity to attend my first WCET Leadership Summit. Last year’s event focused on the essential institutional capacities needed to encourage and lead innovation. I specifically remember feeling so invigorated by every session I […]
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The Power of Digital Inclusion
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 2/15/2018
In October we opened the call for nominations for this year’s Digital Inclusion Award. The Digital Inclusion Award, co-sponsored by WCET and GlobalMindED, was first awarded last year. Today, WCET Frontiers is happy to welcome Mike Abbiatti, Executive Director of […]
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 1/16/2018
It seems like all the cool kids are writing about last year’s trends and predicting what will come to pass in 2018. Well, we WCETers don’t want to be left out of the fun! Over the last few weeks I’ve […]