New on WCET Frontiers
A Lump of Coal for SARA and Other Goodies in the State Authorization Regulations
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2016
The U.S. Department of Education released its final version of the its long-awaited regulations on “State Authorization of Postsecondary Distance Education, Foreign Locations” earlier today. They will be published next week with an effective date of July 1, 2018. What […]
Practice
Education & Family Life: An Interview with a Portmont College Student
Published by: WCET | 11/17/2016
This summer before transitioning from WCET to APUS, I had the opportunity to interview Adina Martinez, who was a student at a progressive institutional upstart, Portmont College at Mount St. Mary’s. Portmont was run in conjunction with My College Foundation […]
Practice
Interpreting what is Required for “Regular and Substantive Interaction”
Published by: WCET | 9/30/2016
As greater numbers of students move into online and competency-based education programs, we have seen new interest in understanding the Department of Education’s regulations. In particular, faculty and administrators seek to understand how the Department interprets rules requiring courses to […]
Practice
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 […]