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Accessibility & Procurement: What do we need to know?
Published by: WCET | 11/14/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This post is part of the on-going collaboration on accessibility issues between WCET and OLC. Thank you to Kelly Hermann, University […]
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MonsterBash: Data Protection and Privacy Unmasked
Published by: WCET | 10/31/2018
It is getting scary out there! What a spooky coincidence that October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month! It is 2018, is your institution or organization’s data protected? How do you know the goblins, ghouls, and trolls are not already […]
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The Role of Procurement in Digital Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), in conjunction with the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE is a partner with WebAIM), jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This […]
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Transforming Our Model for Student Success: The WRAP Initiative
Published by: WCET | 10/19/2018
Welcome to the final blog post in our WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! Today we are joined by Jason M. Ruckert from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, to discuss their 2018 WOW Award winning initiative: Worldwide Retention, […]
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UNLV Pays a Cost for Not Notifying Students about Charges for Proctoring Services
Published by: WCET | 10/17/2018
Cheryl Dowd, Director of the State Authorization Network, and I have been presenting this summer about the status of the federal state authorization regulation. In those presentations we remind people about other federal regulations that remain in place. The one […]
Policy
The Department of Education’s Plans for Overhauling Accrediting and Innovation Regulations
Published by: WCET | 10/15/2018
On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Department of Education published the unofficial version of its plan to establish an “Accreditation and Innovation” negotiated rule making committee. The final version should be published in the Federal Register today and includes the […]
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EdReady Montana: Scaling a Low-Cost College Readiness Initiative Statewide
Published by: WCET | 10/11/2018
Today we continue our 2018 WCET Oustanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! For this post, we’re joined by Ryan Schrenk and Robert Currie of the Montana Digital Academy (MTDA) with the University of Montana, who are here to tell […]
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Revisiting the CBExchange
Published by: WCET | 10/9/2018
This week on WCET Frontiers we’re excited to hear from Cali Morrison and Luke Dowden about their experiences at the recent CBExchange conference. While Cali has attended this conference a few times, this year was Luke’s first time attending. Read […]
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Research Dispels Myth that Adult Students Don’t Cheat in Online Classes
Published by: WCET | 10/2/2018
We love insights and stories about improving academic integrity in all settings and we welcome today’s guest post. Beth Rubin, Ph.D., has been practicing and leading online education at for-profit and non-profit universities for the past 19 years. She is […]
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Promising Practices and the Future of Dual Enrollment
Published by: WCET | 8/23/2018
In our last dual enrollment post, we discussed the various types of dual enrollment courses, impact of these courses, who’s taking and offering these courses, and the pros and cons of dual enrollment. This week we’re looking at some promising […]