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U-Pace: Building Student Success Through Content Mastery & Proactive Support
Published by: WCET | 10/22/2014
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a 2014 WCET Outstanding Work Award winner for their innovative online instructional approach, U-Pace. Today Diane Reddy and Ray Fleming, co-creators of U-Pace and Laura Pedrick, executive director of UWM Online, share with us a […]
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Intellipath for MBA preparation
Published by: WCET | 10/15/2014
Today we welcome Colorado Technical University Chief Academic Officer and Provost, Connie Johnson and CTU faculty member, Sarah Pingrey as they share what their WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) award-winning program has done to improve the student and faculty experience in […]
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Capella University FlexPath
Published by: WCET | 10/9/2014
Capella University is a 2014 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award recipient for the development of FlexPath. Deb Bushway, Vice President of Academic Innovation and Chief Academic Officer shares with us today the evolution of FlexPath from pilot to celebrating its […]
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Investigation of IPEDS Distance Education Data: System Not Ready for Modern Trends
Published by: WCET | 9/25/2014
After billions of dollars spent on administrative computer systems and billions of dollars invested in ed tech companies, the U.S. higher education system is woefully out of date and unable to cope with major education trends such as online & […]
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Have Fun in Portland at WCET’s Annual Meeting
Published by: WCET | 9/24/2014
Greetings from the great Pacific Northwest! Portland (aka the City of Roses, Bridgetown, Beervana, P-Town, Rip City, Stumptown, and PDX) welcomes you to WCET’s 26th Annual Meeting. There’s no way to tell if you’ll experience the usual rain, sun breaks, […]
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Sloan-C, UPCEA, and WCET Partner on State Authorization Policy Recommendations
Published by: WCET | 6/16/2014
For the first time, WCET partnered with UPCEA and Sloan-C in providing recommendations on distance education policy. We stated our positions in a letter delivered on Friday to Secretary Arne Duncan of the U.S. Department of Education. In the letter […]
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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 […]
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Glimpse into WCET Leadership Summit: Designing Alternative Pathways to Credentials
Published by: WCET | 5/20/2014
May 7th & 8th, 2014 Salt Lake City was again host to a bevy of WCET’ers, gathered to discuss how we in higher education can adopt, adapt and administer high quality credentials in new ways utilizing tools like competency based […]
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Thank You to Ellen Wagner as She Leaves WCET Executive Directorship
Published by: WCET | 1/9/2014
Late in 2013, WICHE President, David Longanecker, announced that Ellen Wagner is stepping down as Executive Director of WCET as of December 31. Here is Dr. Longanecker’s announcement to WCET members and a link to a “thank you” that he […]
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Happy New Year from WCET – Top Blog Posts from 2013
Published by: WCET | 12/31/2013
December 31, 2013 WCET ends the year by looking back at the most popular blog posts from 2013 and in wishing you a very happy new year. Our offerings that received the most views include… Is Your Distance Education Course […]