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Distance Education Enrollment Growth—Major Differences Persist Among Sectors
Published by: WCET | 3/1/2018
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) recently released its 2016 distance education data. This report shows course enrollment for distance education programs in the United States. Today, we welcome Terri Taylor-Straut, Senior Research Analyst for WCET, to WCET Frontiers. […]
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The Power of Digital Inclusion
Published by: WCET | 2/15/2018
In October we opened the call for nominations for this year’s Digital Inclusion Award. The Digital Inclusion Award, co-sponsored by WCET and GlobalMindED, was first awarded last year. Today, WCET Frontiers is happy to welcome Mike Abbiatti, Executive Director of […]
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Open Textbooks and OER in Colorado: Lots of Interest and Great Promise
Published by: WCET | 2/9/2018
This week on WCET Frontiers Blog, Tanya Spilovoy, Ed. D., Director of Open Policy for WCET, discusses the outcomes of the Colorado Open Educational Resources (OER) Council recent work in open textbook initiatives, her research and consulting role with WCET, […]
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Distance Ed Growth – Access is a Big Motivator, But It’s Complicated
Published by: WCET | 2/1/2018
Distance education enrollment data continue to show growth. But, we wondered why. Is the motivation to serve more students, to make money, both, neither, or a complex set of other issues? We had heard many theories, often delivered with absolute […]
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A Look Back at the 2017 WCET Member Job Posts
Published by: WCET | 1/23/2018
WCET Job Postings are a compilation of member higher education job posts, emailed directly to our WCET membership and also posted to the WCET website. Rosa Calabrese, the WCET Manager of Digital and Project Support Services shares the job posts […]
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Published by: WCET | 1/16/2018
It seems like all the cool kids are writing about last year’s trends and predicting what will come to pass in 2018. Well, we WCETers don’t want to be left out of the fun! Over the last few weeks I’ve […]
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A Look Back at 2017 for WCET Frontiers: It’s Been Weird
Published by: WCET | 12/21/2017
What a weird year for news. Comic actress Melissa McCarthy won an Emmy Award for her Saturday Night Live portrayal of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. It is hard to say which was more surreal, her version of “Spicey” […]
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Confessions of a Student at a Conference for Faculty and Administrators
Published by: WCET | 12/14/2017
My name is Emma. I am 25 years old and I am a part time student who is also working full time. I have been familiar with WCET for quite sometime, however, it was not until recently that my interests […]
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WCET Family Reunion 2017
Published by: WCET | 11/9/2017
You really should have been in Denver at WCET’s 29th Annual Meeting…or “family reunion” as Mike Abbiatti liked to call it. If you were there, you probably did not catch every session and every conversation. Let me help. I’m here […]
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What is Distance Education? – Definitions and Delineations
Published by: WCET | 11/7/2017
Close your eyes (not for too long) and answer the question: “What is distance education?” Did you envision the same concept and experiences as I did? Even though more than one-quarter of all higher education students in the United States […]