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Three Ways to Make Distance Learning Actually Work
Published by: Megan Raymond | 2/16/2023
Today’s blog emphasizes the need to continue iterating on how digital learning works and how we can leverage technology to deliver successful outcomes for learners. Thank you to Katie Brown, founder of EnGen, for this look at the shift to […]
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What Faculty Designers Can Tell Us about Online Course Reviews
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 1/12/2023
In 2019, I asked our readers the question “how do you ensure quality in online courses?” This question was part of my introduction to a fantastic article written by Aimee deNoyelles from the University of Central Florida. Aimee discussed UCF’s […]
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Four Common Strategies for Delivering and Sustaining Virtual Student Support
Published by: Ashley Woods | 3/11/2021
One of my favorite parts of the work I get to do for WCET is helping to honor our members and colleagues in the field that accomplish outstanding acts of service dedicated to improving student success in higher education. That’s […]
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Open Education Week 2021: A virtual trip around the globe
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 3/5/2021
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 […]
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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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Structure Your Accessibility Work
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 12/4/2020
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 […]
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Exemplars in the Fight against Syndicate Cheating
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 10/30/2020
Over the past two weeks, Frontiers has featured its series on academic integrity and cheating syndicates. The first post considered the spectrum of threats facing higher education and our students and the second looked at the practices cheating sites use […]
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Why Continue to Teach Online? Interview Results from Experienced Online Instructors
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 9/24/2020
To teach online… or not to teach online… Well, that doesn’t seem to be the question today, during a time when social distancing is important for the safety of our students and ourselves. Online and hybrid course options seem to […]
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Get Online… The Making of a Podcast
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 8/6/2020
It is no secret that many of us on the WCET team, myself included, enjoy listening to podcasts. In fact, we’ve recommended podcasts in several of our summer listen lists. This year, one of the podcasts we included in our […]
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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 […]