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Tech-Enhanced Learning in Rural Areas: How Digital Access Drives Education
Published by: WCET | 12/5/2024
In my role here at WCET, I’m always inspired by the innovative ways institutions tackle challenges to support their students. For rural colleges, overcoming barriers like limited broadband and digital literacy requires creativity, resilience, and the right tools. Originally from Idaho and now living in Montana, I’m particularly interested in how our more rural institutions […]
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What do they still need to learn? The Impact of Smartphones on Curriculum
Published by: WCET | 1/28/2020
Hold on, let me finish up one thing on my phone. Okay, I’m finished! Now, onto our post. I don’t know about you, but it can be hard for me to put my smartphone down sometimes. This relatively small device […]
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Colorado Technical University (CTU) Launches Faculty App to Enhance the Online Student Experience
Published by: WCET | 9/27/2018
Last week, we announced the WCET Outstanding Work – or WOW – awards for this year. these awards honor member institutions and organizations that develop technology-based solutions to challenging educational needs. Congratulations again to Colorado State University/ Grit Digital Health, […]
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Student Device Preferences for Online Course Access and Multimedia Learning
Published by: WCET | 6/12/2018
What technology devices do you have close to you right now? I have a desktop computer, two laptops, a Smartwatch, and a Smartphone. Students also have a numerous devices which they use for a variety of different purposes. But do […]
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Published by: WCET | 1/16/2018
It seems like all the cool kids are writing about last year’s trends and predicting what will come to pass in 2018. Well, we WCETers don’t want to be left out of the fun! Over the last few weeks I’ve […]
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Stepping-up Now: Researching Social Media
Published by: WCET | 4/6/2016
In an era when undergraduate students emerge digitally engaged, the progressive graduate educator is one who is open to adapt and adjust the delivery of their teaching, assignments, and interactions to incorporate innovative technology. Faculty face both implicit and explicit […]
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Choosing the Right Mobile Device to Fit Your Needs
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2013
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, with the Tennessee Board of Regents, eLearning Initiative, as a guest blogger. In the following post she shares with us the research she conducted on the top educational […]
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Four Ways to Prepare Your IT Infrastructure for a Mobile Learning Revolution
Published by: WCET | 10/31/2013
In the last of our three blog posts on Walters State (TN) Community College’s ambitious initiative to implement mobile learning campus-wide, we learn about the IT needs required to support multiple devices for every faculty, staff, and student. If they […]
Training for Mobile Learning: Moving from the Basics to Redefining Learning
Published by: WCET | 10/29/2013
This is the second in a series of blog posts from our friends at Walters State Community College in Tennessee. The first post covered how they organized campus-wide implementation of their mobile learning initiative. This post focuses on steps in […]
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Successfully Implementing Mobile Learning Across an Entire Campus
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2013
We better be paying attention to mobile learning. A short while ago, I asked Robbie Melton, the Tennessee Board of Regents’ (and WCET’s) “Appologist” about examples in her state of successful implementation of mobile learning on campus. She introduced me […]