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Surveys Highlight Student and Faculty Experiences with Remote Learning
Published by: WCET | 7/8/2020
Two new surveys show the reactions and resilience of students and faculty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring. Overcoming conjecture and some bold (often unsupported) statements about the move to remote teaching, the survey results provide real […]
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Avoiding a “Road to Nowhere:” What We Must Do This Fall
Published by: WCET | 6/22/2020
In 1985 The Talking Heads released “Road to Nowhere.” That song, and that metaphor, have been on my mind a lot lately as I think about where higher education is going in the fall and beyond. Photo by Illiya Vjestica […]
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Online Learning: Let Students Learn Where They Are
Published by: WCET | 6/4/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to move their face-to-face courses to remote and online formats. Instructors heroically worked to ensure continuity of learning for their students. Considering this shift online, Anna Porcaro, the Executive Director of Online Learning […]
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Professional Licensure Student Disclosures – It’s the One Month Warning, with No Time-outs Remaining
Published by: WCET | 5/29/2020
Winning Isn’t Everything, but Wanting to Win is! – Vince Lombardi Excitement is in the air! There’s two minutes left in the game! You have the ball with no time outs left! What are you going to do? It is […]
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Update on Federal Regulations Impacting Distance Education During the Pandemic
Published by: WCET | 5/22/2020
In Harold Ramis’ 1993 classic, Groundhog Day, Bill Murray portrays a television weatherman sent to cover Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day who ends up repeating the day over and over again. At first, Murray’s character, Phil Connors, uses the time […]
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Fall and Beyond: Higher Education in the Age of COVID-19 and Other Disasters
Published by: WCET | 5/8/2020
Even before the COVID-19 global pandemic, higher education was struggling to make sense of what David La Piana and Melissa Mendes call a VUCA world in The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World. Originally coined by […]
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Licensing Certification and Dispersed Students, Oh My!
Published by: WCET | 4/30/2020
Institutions have juggled many issues to maintain educational continuity during the pandemic. WCET has addressed accessibility, Veterans benefits, crisis coordination, Open Educational Resources, the U.S. Department of Education’s ability to exercise enforcement discretion for Title IV eligibility , and more! […]
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Communicating About the Crisis – with Help from Cowboy Joe
Published by: WCET | 4/28/2020
Today’s installment of What’s Next comes from Katie Carroll, Assistant Director of Admissions from the University of Wyoming. Katie shares with us how Wyoming is using Cowboy Joe, the institution’s chatbot, to help students, faculty, and staff navigate many of […]
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Promising Practices for Navigating “What’s Next”
Published by: WCET | 4/23/2020
I have long marveled at how quickly and effectively WCET pivots to support its members when we most need assistance. Remember the announcement of new guidelines that regional accreditors were going to use to evaluate distance education (CRAC-2001)? State authorization […]
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Considering the Future, Now!
Published by: WCET | 4/21/2020
I don’t know about you, but the last few weeks (months?) have felt surreal. Not only on a professional level, but on a personal one as well. That uncanny feeling I have about ‘these times’ has continued as our local […]