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New Regulations Review #2: Credit Hour, Title IV Eligibility, & What Exactly is a Week?
Published by: WCET | 4/6/2020
On April 1st, the Department of Education finally released the last set of regulations from its epic 2019 negotiated rulemaking process. On April 3rd WCET posted an analysis of proposed changes to the definition of distance education including (finally) a […]
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New Regulations Review #1: Regular & Substantive Interaction
Published by: WCET | 4/3/2020
Much to everyone’s surprise, the Department of Education finally released the last set of regulations from last year’s negotiated rulemaking for public comment on April 1st (and it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day joke—we checked). This post will examine the […]
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Not Fooling – A Third Package of Proposed Regs Has Arrived
Published by: WCET | 4/1/2020
**Update: On 4/2/2020, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it amended the public comment period timeline. The text below has been updated to reflect this update.** The third package has arrived! In the midst of managing rapid conversion of […]
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Leadership Observations/Lessons from the Current Crisis – Pause, Breathe, Think
Published by: WCET | 3/26/2020
The Little Dutch Boy is the tale of a boy who finds a hole in the dike and saves the town by plugging it with his finger. Given the current massive scale of the transitioning courses into #KeepTeaching modes, all […]
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Keeping Accessibility in Mind During the COVID-19 Conversion of Courses
Published by: WCET | 3/24/2020
We welcome today’s guest post from Cyndi Rowland, Executive Director of WebAIM (at Utah State University) which empowers organizations to make their web content accessible to people with disabilities. Cyndi gives us great and compassionate advice for teachers and faculty […]
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Support for Veterans Shown by Congress’ Quick Response to Preserve GI Benefits during COVID-19
Published by: WCET | 3/23/2020
The dynamic conversion of face-to-face courses to online format at post-secondary institutions nationwide due to the closing of campuses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic became a concern for our nation’s veterans who rely on GI Bill benefits. As we […]
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GI Bill Guidance Provides Some Relief and Real Challenges for Veteran Students
Published by: WCET | 3/17/2020
***Updated 3/17/2020 2:50 PM MT time*** We are pleased to share that although the guidance we referenced in the article below was provided by the Veterans Administration (VA) on March 13, 2020, the VA rescinded this guidance. Senate Bill, S.3503, […]
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Accreditation, Continuity of Operations, and COVID-19
Published by: WCET | 3/12/2020
On March 5, 2020, the Department of Education issued guidance to institutions facing possible interruptions of study because of COVID-19. WCET’s Cheryl Dowd, Director of the WCET State Authorization Network, provided an overview of the guidance for WCET Frontiers. As […]
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Breaking news: U.S. Department of Education Guidance for interruptions of study related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Published by: WCET | 3/5/2020
***Update: On March 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education provided updated guidance by adding an FAQ attachment to the March 5, 2020 guidance previously released. Note that this update extends the term of flexibility from being based on students […]
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Evaluating Faculty Participation in Online Workshops
Published by: WCET | 2/27/2020
Last week we welcomed Lynn Wahl, Instructional Designer for UNC Charlotte, to discuss how they used design thinking to create online faculty development workshops. In a continuation of the topic, Lynn joins us today to talk about how to assess […]