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Do Closed Captions Help Students Learn?
Published by: WCET | 12/14/2016
This week we are happy to welcome Dr. Katie Linder, Oregon State University Ecampus, as our guest blog post author. Dr. Linder is here to discuss a national research project on student use of closed captions and transcriptions. The important […]
Practice
Edtech is a Human Experience: My First SXSWedu
Published by: WCET | 3/14/2016
Sometimes you have to start at the end to see the beginning more clearly. On my {somewhat delayed} journey home from SXSWedu, our Mike Abbiatti posed the question, “if technology is all it’s cracked up to be, why do we spend so […]
Practice
Help Guide the Conversation about the Price and Cost of Distance Courses
Published by: WCET | 2/23/2016
We need your help in providing data – WCET is currently conducting a survey on the price and cost of distance education. But before we get to the survey completion plea, some background… How Are You Saving Money Using Technology? […]
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New WCET Distance Ed Enrollment Report Shows Continued Growth
Published by: WCET | 2/8/2016
We are pleased to announce the first issue of a new report, the “WCET Distance Education Enrollment Report 2016: Using IPEDS 2014 Fall Enrollment Data.” Based on data accumulated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System’s […]
Highlights of Distance Education Enrollment Trends from IPEDS Fall 2014
Published by: WCET | 12/21/2015
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released the third year of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data that reports Distance Education (DE) student enrollment for the Fall of 2014. This is […]
Practice
A Survey of Practices in Supporting Online Adjunct Faculty
Published by: WCET | 11/5/2015
Are colleges doing all they can to assure that their online adjunct faculty are successful? Institutions employing adjunct faculty for online courses were surveyed about the practices they use in supporting them. With the frequent use of adjuncts and growing […]
Education Department Urges Colleges to Follow IPEDS Distance Ed Definitions
Published by: WCET | 10/17/2014
In an extended conversation with the U.S. Department of Education (US ED) IPEDS personnel, they confirmed which distance education enrollment counts colleges should be reporting to the Department’s IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) survey. The Department representatives also wondered […]
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A Response to New NCES Report on Distance Education
Published by: WCET | 6/11/2014
By Phil Hill and Russ Poulin, cross-posted to e-Literate blog. Last week the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a new report analyzing the new IPEDS data on distance education. The report, titled Enrollment in Distance Education Courses, by […]
U.S. Distance Education Adoption by the Numbers: an IPEDS Reality Check
Published by: WCET | 3/5/2014
This is the first of a series of posts providing insight on data regarding enrollments in distance education that was released by the U.S. Department of Education earlier this year. Terri Straut crunched the data for WCET. Terri has a […]
State Authorization: Reciprocity Update, New Military Rules, and New Survey
Published by: WCET | 11/20/2012
The work on the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement is moving forward and I’m inviting you to give some feedback. Additionally, significant new rules regarding state authorization for military personnel are on the near horizon. For those waiting for state authorization […]