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Tracking enrollments in online and distance education in Canada: 2018
Published by: WCET | 3/26/2019
WCET plays an integral role in advising the Canadian National Survey of Online and Distance Education. This is the second year of the survey and the following blog contains the most recent results. Thanks Tricia Donovan! -Erin Walton, contract editor […]
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Let the DATA drive: Washington community & technical college’s journey to establish OER and Low-Cost codes
Published by: WCET | 3/21/2019
In this blog, Mark Jenkins and Boyoung Chae detail the vital benefits of using a data-driven approach in OER initiatives to promote affordability and student success for Washington’s Community and Technical Colleges. Their approach helped to meet two important goals: […]
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Announcing the Report Reader Checklist: Your newest research resource
Published by: WCET | 1/18/2019
Today we’re excited to welcome Mary Ellen Dello Stritto and Kathryn Linder from the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit to introduce an excellent new resource: the Report Reader Checklist. This checklist is a set of criteria that can help […]
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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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An Update on Dual and Concurrent Enrollment
Published by: WCET | 8/9/2018
Many conversations in Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee meeting on the reauthorization of the Higher Ed Act focused on dual or concurrent enrollment. Concurrent enrollment was also in the news in the past few years when The Higher […]
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A DETA Update
Published by: WCET | 7/26/2018
It’s a DETA Update! Today we welcome Tanya Joosten, Director of Digital Learning Research and Development and Co-Director, National Research Center for Distance Education (DETA) and Technological Advancements at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to give us an update on DETA. […]
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Shifting Campus Culture through Mentoring
Published by: WCET | 5/10/2018
Today’s post is an important example of how a campus culture can impact student success. WCET is happy to share this post from Sarah Torres Lugo, Research Assistant with NCHEMS and the Foundation for Student Success. Sarah is here to […]
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Count All Students! Outcome Measures for Community Colleges
Published by: WCET | 4/17/2018
Should we count all students when analyzing higher education, or only some of them? We think all students should be included….and community colleges are often misrepresented by not doing so. This third post in a series of posts on the […]
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Rigor, Meet Reality
Published by: WCET | 4/5/2018
How do you define academic rigor? I know when I was completing my undergraduate and graduate coursework, I could tell the difference between a rigorous course and one that would be a little less time consuming. I also understood, especially […]
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OLC and WCET Need Feedback on Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 3/22/2018
Even a gazillion dollar industry like the National Football League can be blind to accessibility needs, at times. Perhaps, even, color blind. If you have not seen it, be sure to look at this video of the game in which […]