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Congress Proposes Changes to Student Data Usage and Privacy Regulations
Published by: Russ Poulin | 8/20/2015
Van Davis, Blackboard’s new Associate Vice President of Higher Education Research and Policy, is today’s guest blogger. We’re all engaged in assuring that student data is used properly. Van gives us an insight into legislation that may add new responsibilities in protecting student […]
Federal Reg Updates: Teacher Prep, Ratings System, TEACH Act, & Net Neutrality
Published by: Russ Poulin | 2/4/2015
Last week’s blog post looked forward to the likely reauthorization this year of The Higher Education Act, the “major law that authorizes the federal programs that support colleges and universities and their students, most significantly the federal student loan and […]
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Where in the World Are Our Distance Education Students?: IPEDS Reality Check
Published by: Russ Poulin | 3/7/2014
This is the second in a series of blog posts examining data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education’s IPEDS survey on distance education enrollments. Our first blog post in this series looked at the percentage of students enrolled […]
Academic Integrity: Florida Virtual School’s Systematic and Scalable Solutions
Published by: Russ Poulin | 8/21/2013
Welcome to our guest blogger Angela Anastacio who is Academic Integrity Manager at Florida Virtual School. While she is focused on academic cheating and plagiarism in the K-12 realm, I find that she has some lessons for us in higher […]
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E-learning Predictions for 2013: Will Institutions Be Turned Upside Down?
Published by: Russ Poulin | 1/31/2013
A few weeks ago we asked you to: “Predict something that will happen this year regarding teaching, learning, technology, business of e-learning, policy, regulations, student behavior, or other related items.” Some people see big changes for higher education. Will higher […]
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Transforming the Developmental Math Experience
Published by: Russ Poulin | 11/8/2012
The WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award recognizes exceptional efforts by WCET members in implementing technology in higher education, especially in outstanding innovation, quality improvement, or achievements in using educational technology tools, techniques, or services. Guest Blogger Claudia L’Amoreaux describes the […]