Practice
Morphing Virtual into Reality – Building the “Virtual College”
Published by: WCET | 8/23/2012
Last fall, I had the pleasure of meeting President Lee Lambert and Ann Garnsey-Harner of Shoreline Community College after they presented on their ambitious plans to create a virtual college. I was taken by the visionary leadership of President Lambert […]
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Online Ed: Changing the Face of Summer Session
Published by: WCET | 8/9/2012
Robert Griggs is the Interim Vice President for Innovation and Extended Learning at Bemidji State University, which is located in northern Minnesota. Bob has a long history of experience with online education. We asked him to comment on trends that […]
USDOE Will Not Enforce Its Distance Ed State Authorization Regs, but Questions Remain
Published by: WCET | 7/30/2012
In a “Dear Colleague” letter issued on July 27, the U.S. Department of Education revealed that it will NOT enforce the controversial distance education provision of the state authorization regulations. To verify this news, Megan Raymond and I called Sophia […]
Visualizing Assessment
Published by: WCET | 7/26/2012
Sharing his vision with us today is Dr. Mark Sarver, the CEO of eduKan, a consortium of colleges delivering online education. Do you ever look at something and know it doesn’t look right, but you just cannot figure out why? […]
Commission on Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education Holds First Meeting
Published by: WCET | 6/14/2012
Earlier this year, the Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) announced the creation of the Commission on Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education. According to the Commission’s mission statement, it will: “develop and […]
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WCET Digital Learning Content Summit: First Day Highlights
Published by: WCET | 5/10/2012
Greetings from Salt Lake City where WCET is holding its Leadership Summit on New Directions for Digital Learning Content. Academic leaders, elearning professionals, and corporate executives are sharing advances in both proprietary and open digital resources. Below is a taste […]
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Mobilizing Higher Education
Published by: WCET | 4/3/2012
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, with the Tennessee Board of Regents, eLearning Initiative, as a guest blogger. Mobilization (the use of mobile devices and apps) continues to change the way we communicate, conduct […]
More than One Path to Meeting the Adult Degree Completion BIG GOAL
Published by: WCET | 10/20/2011
Lumina Foundation has a BIG GOAL: To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025. Over the past several years, they have supported many projects that are of sufficient scale to […]
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Online Ed Needs to Be More Aggressive in the Quality Debate
Published by: WCET | 6/15/2011
Diane Goldsmith is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium. A long-time contributor to WCET activities, Diane is the current WCET Steering Committee Chair and serves on the WCET Executive Council. Maybe I’m just getting cranky, but I’m […]
Increasing Adult Graduates through Sharing: The Adult College Completion Network
Published by: WCET | 5/31/2011
Late last year, Lumina Foundation announced its financial support for 19 projects seeking to dramatically increase the number of adults who complete their postsecondary degrees. WICHE’s grant differed from the others as it is tasked with bringing together representatives of […]