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Assessing Soft Skills is Hard Work: One College’s Approach to Achieving Equitable Learning Outcomes
Published by: WCET | 10/30/2019
Each year I am so happy to coordinate the WCET Awards initiative, through which our cooperative honors institutions and individuals for exciting work in technology-enhanced learning. One of my favorite aspects of this initiative is working with our WOW Awards. […]
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Real Talk: What is Your Employability Strategy?
Published by: WCET | 10/18/2019
In just a few short weeks WCET will convene this year’s Annual Meeting in beautiful Denver, CO. This year’s meeting promises to be full of outstanding sessions and great networking opportunities. One of the sessions will be offered by one […]
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Show me the money: Shifting legislative conversations about the cost of distance education
Published by: WCET | 10/4/2019
Online education can often be polarizing—some advocates champion it as higher education’s savior, bringing access and affordability to students across the globe. Others see it as the modern equivalent of a Trojan horse come to assault the quality of higher […]
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California to Open a New Community College and Progress at the Other 114
Published by: WCET | 9/30/2019
If you could start completely from scratch, how would you design an institution of higher education? The California Community College System plans to open its 115th institution in October. And it is an interesting answer to that question. Based upon […]
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Meet AURS — Your Go-To Resource for Addressing Accessibility Challenges
Published by: WCET | 9/27/2019
Accessibility is not only one of the main areas of focus for WCET, but a consistent issue and opportunity for higher education institutions. In order to support faculty, instructional designers, and others who work in the area, Quality Matters, a […]
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From Policy to Compliance: What do Faculty Need to Develop Accessible Course Content?
Published by: WCET | 9/12/2019
Accessibility of college and university materials and services is an important topic for all those involved in education today. Higher Education institutions are working to develop policies and guidelines for ensuring accessible content for all learners. Do such policies result […]
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An Introspective Look at WCET’s Own Accessibility Practices, Part II
Published by: WCET | 8/5/2019
Last week, I began to explain what WCET is doing – and potential areas of improvement – about web accessibility, based on different disabilities and barriers that people with those disabilities may encounter as described by The World Wide Web […]
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Everything You Need to Know (But Are Afraid to Ask) About The 2016 Distance Education Regulations
Published by: WCET | 7/31/2019
Last week’s announcement by the Department of Education that “consistent with the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…. As of May 26, 2019, the amendments to 34 CFR 600.2, 600.9 (c), 668.2, and the […]
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Strategies to Address ED’s Guidance on State Authorization Complaint Processes
Published by: WCET | 7/23/2019
As if we needed more excitement! The Department of Education uttered its first peep regarding the impact of the U.S. District Court’s April 26, 2019 ruling of a vacatur of the delay of the 2016 Federal Regulations relating to State […]
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An Inspired Strategic Plan
Published by: WCET | 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 […]