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Research on Distance Ed and Technological Advancements: An Update on DETA
Published by: WCET | 9/14/2016
What’s Been Up? The National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA) is wrapping up its second year of a national U.S. Department of Education funded effort to conduct rigorous research to identify key factors influencing student success […]
Nine Organizations Partner on Official Comments for State Authorization Regulations
Published by: WCET | 8/25/2016
Nine higher education organizations partnered to submit comments to the Department of Education regarding its proposed state authorization regulations for distance education. By working unison, we provided a strong and consistent single voice in making recommendations to the Department. The […]
Practice
Call to Action: Comment on State Authorization for Distance Education Regulation
Published by: WCET | 8/2/2016
I encourage you and/or your institution to submit comments on the state authorization regulation proposed recently (press release, proposed regulations) by the U.S. Department of Education. In a recent post, I gave you a “first look” at the language, included some […]
Department of Education State Authorization for Distance Ed Regulations-A First Look
Published by: WCET | 7/22/2016
This morning the U.S. Department of Education released its proposed new regulations (press release, proposed regulations) for the state authorization of distance education programs. Institutional personnel and the public are invited to submit comments by August 24. This post will […]
Practice
Reflections of a Connected Learning Coach
Published by: WCET | 7/13/2016
For the past six weeks I have been serving as the connected learning coach for Collaborative Curiosity: Designing Community Engaged Research, a fully online, graduate level, connected learning course sponsored by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Division of Community Engagement […]
Practice
Reimagining Higher Education and the National Technology Plan
Published by: WCET | 7/11/2016
On the last day of June, the U.S. Department of Education hosted an invitation-only session on “Reimagining Higher Education.” I was very pleased to represent WCET members. Here are some of the top takeaways and notice that they are planning […]
Pending Federal State Authorization Regulations-What Might Be Included?
Published by: WCET | 6/15/2016
It’s coming back! The federal regulation for the state authorization of distance education appears to be returning. The Department of Education submitted a proposed regulation to the Office of Management and Budget for its review. The abstract on the OMB […]
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement – Just the Facts (and a Few Opinions)
Published by: WCET | 5/25/2016
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.” – John Lydgate Abraham Lincoln referred […]
Supporting Students with Technology: Academic Advising in Higher Education
Published by: WCET | 5/18/2016
With the desire to support our learners, a number of colleges and universities are implementing technological methods and approaches for academic advising. Whether it is campus change or technological necessity, we need a way to encourage advising programs to consider […]
Call to Action: EVERYONE Should Respond to Teacher Prep Distance Ed Regs
Published by: WCET | 4/22/2016
If you have not paid attention to the proposed “Teacher Prep” regulations, it’s time to do so. Once again “distance education” is being treated differently by the U.S. Department of Education. Certainly, institutions with distance education programs that prepare students […]