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Surprise! Newly Released Final Regulations
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 8/26/2020 | 4 comments
On April 1st, the Department of Education released the final set of proposed regulations stemming from the 2019 Negotiated Rulemaking process (April Fools!). Back in April, WCET published three blog posts outlining the proposed regulations on April 3rd, April 6th, and April 13th. I know that seems like a lifetime ago but many of us […]
NANSLO Web-based Labs: Real Equipment, Real Data, Real People!
Published by: Russ Poulin | 4/7/2015 | 0 comments
Many pressures on higher education make the services of the North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO) essential. These include growing enrollments in online courses while campus enrollments decline, the need to provide flexibility for nontraditional students, a growing demand for digital literacy, and a national emphasis on growing the number of STEM students, […]
Colorado Study finds “No Significant Difference” in Online Science Courses
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 10/18/2012 | 30 comments
A big thank you to our guest blogger, Rhonda Epper, Assistant Provost at the Colorado Community College System and past chair of the WCET Executive Council, who shares with us today a new study of online science course outcomes in Colorado. Just when we thought it was safe to move beyond the “no significant difference” […]
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The North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO)
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 6/27/2012 | 1 comments
Today’s guest blog comes to us from our WICHE colleagues Pat Shea and Catherine Weldon who run an innovative program to bring sophisticated science into the virtual hands of online students. NANSLO represents an international collaborative partnership between postsecondary institutions in the U.S. and Canada. The collaboration will result in the development of online science […]