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Originality Matters: Making Academic Integrity a Teachable Moment
Published by: WCET | 2/20/2014
February 20, 2014 If not handled well, accusations of cheating or plagiarism, could have a huge impact on a student’s academic journey. We welcome Dr. Michelle Warn, Program Chair, Masters in Teaching and Learning with Technology at Ashford University, to share with […]
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Choosing the Right Mobile Device to Fit Your Needs
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2013
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, with the Tennessee Board of Regents, eLearning Initiative, as a guest blogger. In the following post she shares with us the research she conducted on the top educational […]
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Four Ways to Prepare Your IT Infrastructure for a Mobile Learning Revolution
Published by: WCET | 10/31/2013
In the last of our three blog posts on Walters State (TN) Community College’s ambitious initiative to implement mobile learning campus-wide, we learn about the IT needs required to support multiple devices for every faculty, staff, and student. If they […]
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Successfully Implementing Mobile Learning Across an Entire Campus
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2013
We better be paying attention to mobile learning. A short while ago, I asked Robbie Melton, the Tennessee Board of Regents’ (and WCET’s) “Appologist” about examples in her state of successful implementation of mobile learning on campus. She introduced me […]
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A Look at the Top Tools for Learning from WCET Closing Presenter, Jane Hart
Published by: WCET | 10/14/2013
Today’s guest blog is from Jane Hart who is a world renowned edtech expert, the founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT), and compiler of Top 100 Tools for Learning lists. WCET is fortunate to have Jane […]
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Steps in Forming a Good Partnership with Third Party Vendors
Published by: WCET | 10/3/2013
As a distance education administrator you will be working with all kinds of third party vendors. In higher education we use many vendors to run our business. For distance education there are the critical systems we use, such as our […]
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25 Years of Advancing Excellence in Technology-enhanced Teaching and Learning
Published by: WCET | 9/9/2013
In 1989 a group of people committed to improving access to higher education across the western region met in Denver to form a cooperative organization to leverage technology for distributed education and to advance excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning […]
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The Reason THIS EDUdotcom May Not Be As Different From Last Time As You Think
Published by: WCET | 3/15/2013
If there was ever any doubt that we are in the midst of a new dot.com boom for education, that doubt was removed at last week’s SXSWEDU. The event brought entrepreneurs and educators to Austin, Texas for four days of panels and […]
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ds106 is Made of the Stuff the Web is Made of
Published by: WCET | 2/13/2013
With all this talk about MOOCs, we wanted to hear from someone who had deep experience with open courses long before the idea was discovered by the elite universities. Guest blogger Alan Levine most recently was instructional technology specialist at […]
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E-learning Predictions for 2013: Will Institutions Be Turned Upside Down?
Published by: WCET | 1/31/2013
A few weeks ago we asked you to: “Predict something that will happen this year regarding teaching, learning, technology, business of e-learning, policy, regulations, student behavior, or other related items.” Some people see big changes for higher education. Will higher […]