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YOU at College: Personalizing Well-being and Success for Every Student
Published by: WCET | 9/21/2018
One of my favorite WCET activities is coordinating our WCET Awards initiative. I am lucky to have the opportunity to learn about the incredible work being done by various institutions and organizations in higher education. WCET highlights this work through […]
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Breathing New Life into the Collaboratory, Reviving an Innovative Teaching Space
Published by: WCET | 8/31/2018
Many of us have an interested in increasing the opportunities for our students to work collaboratively. An excellent way to help facilitate group work is to make sure our learning spaces are conducive to group conversations, work, and study. Many […]
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Play Favorites – Why You Should Attend #WCET18
Published by: WCET | 8/29/2018
You’ve seen the tweets, maybe (hopefully) received the invitation emails, and heard the rumors of cake, but today we’re sharing all the outstanding details of the 30th WCET Annual Meeting! Welcome to Megan Raymond, WCET’s Assistant Director, Programs and Sponsorship, […]
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Promising Practices and the Future of Dual Enrollment
Published by: WCET | 8/23/2018
In our last dual enrollment post, we discussed the various types of dual enrollment courses, impact of these courses, who’s taking and offering these courses, and the pros and cons of dual enrollment. This week we’re looking at some promising […]
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Sweeping Changes Proposed by the Department of Education
Published by: WCET | 8/3/2018
Ready to change higher education, as we know it, in the United States? Based on two announcements from the U.S. Department of Education on July 31, Betsy DeVos and company seem poised to do so. [caption id="attachment_10159" align="alignright" width="259"] Photo: […]
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My online course quality rubric has a first name. It’s O-S-C-Q-R!
Published by: WCET | 7/19/2018
Today on WCET Frontiers, we welcome Alexandra Pickett, the Director of Open SUNY Online Teaching, to talk with us about the development of the online course design rubric OSCQR. This rubric was developed to help faculty improve the quality and […]
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The Evolution of Librarians: Open Education Leadership
Published by: WCET | 6/22/2018
We are proud to have Tanya Spilovoy, WCET Director of Open Policy, provide periodic updates on events in the world of open education. Today’s post talks about her role in the development and teaching of a professional development program for […]
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Looking Back on 30 years of WCET
Published by: WCET | 6/20/2018
Happy Birthday WCET! This year we’re celebrating WCET’s 30th birthday! We hope you’ll join the celebration at the 2018 WCET Annual Meeting. Today, Rosa Calabrese, WCET’s Manager of Digital and Project Support Services, is here to review the last 29 […]
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WCET’s 7th Annual Leadership Summit
Published by: WCET | 6/15/2018
We just got back from the annual WCET Leadership Summit in Newport Beach, CA where we deliberated on how digital learning can help higher education can embrace: Equity as a demonstrated priority for the institutions’ students, faculty, and staff. Accessibility […]
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Student Device Preferences for Online Course Access and Multimedia Learning
Published by: WCET | 6/12/2018
What technology devices do you have close to you right now? I have a desktop computer, two laptops, a Smartwatch, and a Smartphone. Students also have a numerous devices which they use for a variety of different purposes. But do […]