New on WCET Frontiers
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Adaptive Learning: The Future is Up to Us
Published by: WCET | 8/8/2019
Today we’re excited to welcome back Patricia O’Sullivan, the Program Manager for Externally Funded Academic Innovation Projects at the University of Mississippi. Patti inspired us last year with the University of Mississippi’s work in this area to help their students […]
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An Introspective Look at WCET’s Own Accessibility Practices, Part II
Published by: WCET | 8/5/2019
Last week, I began to explain what WCET is doing – and potential areas of improvement – about web accessibility, based on different disabilities and barriers that people with those disabilities may encounter as described by The World Wide Web […]
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An Introspective Look at WCET’s Own Accessibility Practices, Part I
Published by: WCET | 8/2/2019
Are your course materials and institutional websites accessible for all learners? Here at Frontiers, we discuss accessibility quite often, but today we have a very practical post that directly reviews content to determine accessibility for all. I’m excited to welcome […]
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Finding Quality in All the Right Places: Promoting Online Course Reviews to Faculty Designers
Published by: WCET | 7/11/2019
How do you ensure quality in online courses? That word gets a lot of buzz in higher ed! Today’s Frontiers post is all about quality and how to implement a course certification process. Joining us from the University of Central […]
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College affordability and the Democratic presidential debates: Is free college higher education’s moonshot?
Published by: WCET | 7/1/2019
The Democratic debates are heating up already and they were quite interesting to watch (and it was also interesting to read the social media commentary). Today our new Policy and Planning Consultant, Van Davis, is here to provide an update […]
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Improving College Readiness for Every Student: the Importance of Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 6/26/2019
Today we welcome the President of the NROC Project, Ahrash Bissell, to discuss accessibility as an opportunity we should all be involved with, rather than a regulatory requirement that we should all worry about. We are excited to see this […]
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Addressing the Skills Gap and New Opportunities in Higher Ed
Published by: WCET | 5/31/2019
Next week, WCET hosts it’s annual Leadership Summit. This year the topic is: Workforce Partnerships that Work: Creating Public-Private Partnerships that Serve Students, Institutions, Employers, and Communities. Summit attendees will attend sessions focused on higher education institutions can work with […]
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Augmented Reality Adventures in Teaching Horticulture
Published by: WCET | 5/22/2019
Today we welcome Shannon Riggs, Executive Director of Course Development and Learning Innovation for Oregon State University Ecampus. She is also the author of the forthcoming Thrive Online: A New Approach for College Educators (Stylus, 2019). Shannon shares with us […]
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Using Telehealth to Reimagine Online Nursing Education at Ohio State
Published by: WCET | 5/17/2019
Today we welcome Susan Neale, senior writer and editor for The Ohio State University College of Nursing. She explores a non-traditional approach to teaching remote nursing students the nuanced skills and tools needed to succeed in the field. Telehealth technology […]
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Accidental Adoption: When the Tool Finds You
Published by: WCET | 5/3/2019
Today we welcome Kenneth Rogers, Enterprise Instructional Technology Specialist with Alamo Colleges District as he shares a story from which all contemporary educators can glean insight. Integrating new technology requires courage and a willingness to embrace change and yet springs […]