Spotlight Archive

OLC and WCET explored several issues on which they could partner to better serve our membership communities. Assuring the accessibility in courses, websites, student services, and all communications rose to the top as many are still confused as to what is required and how to address those needs.

Beginning with a conversation about questions we hear about serving those with disabilities and the far-reaching benefits that accrue from doing so. Ample time will be available to field questions from webcast attendees.

Join us on Tuesday, March 20, at 11:30 AM MT for a free WCET Webcast. Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.

Join us March 15, 2018 for our FREE WCET Webcast!

Improving student success is a challenge faced by many colleges and universities across the country.  Portland State University (PSU) embraced this challenge and deployed a comprehensive approach to tackling the issues and is now implementing a portfolio of initiatives to improve student services by enhancing the student experience and fostering student success.

Learn more and register now.

3/15: 8:00 AM HAST/ 9:00 AM AKDT/ 10:00 AM PDT and MST/ 11:00 AM MDT/ 12:00 PM CDT/1:00 PM EDT

Join us on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 for a free WCET and SAN Webcast.

As institutions move from the Information Age to the Virtual Age, cyberthreats are a certainty. It isn’t a question of “if,” but “when” and “how often there will be a cyberthreat.” This webcast defines data security, compliance requirements, and available tools. Learn how your institution can avoid risks to its federal student aid access.

9:00 AM HAST / 10:00 AM AKST / 11:00 AM PST / Noon MST / 1:00 PM CST / 2:00 PM EST

Learn more and register.

Join us June 5th - June 6th, 2018 in Newport Beach, CA for this year’s WCET’s Leadership Summit! The summit includes a seminar-series-like event on three important goals that institutions of all sizes and sectors should embrace:

1. Equity as a demonstrated priority for the institutions’ students, faculty, and staff.
2. Accessibility as the lens through which the institution examines its resources, policies, services, and infrastructure.
3. Data and evidence-based decision making for student success and ethical questions underlying analytics engines and ed tech products.

Learn more and register.

Register today for the WCET webcast, “The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Learning.” The webcast will run for 60 minutes and take place via GoToWebinar.

Learn:

• How AI is solving old problems in higher education.·
• The challenges and promises of AI in the preparation of a modern workforce.
• How to re-think pedagogy to include AI.
• How to sustain campus AI initiatives.
• About AI funding opportunities.

Join us on Thursday, February 15, at 1:00 PM MT. Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.

This webcast is provided free and open to all.  

Save the Date for the 2018 WCET Leadership Summit!

Join us June 5-6, 2018 in Newport Beach, CA. Join the interest list.

In 2017, trends in edtech included increasing emphasis on open educational resources, adaptive learning, and stackable credentials. What edtech trends and issues will impact our community in 2018? Find out when you register today to attend the WCET webcast, "Issues and Trends in Edtech in 2018" on January 18 at 11:30 AM MST. The free webcast will run for 60 minutes and will take place via GoToWebinar.

Watch the recorded general sessions from the 29th WCET Annual Meeting, including:

• Keynote from Mike Hess,
• From Aspirations to Action Student Panel,
• WCET Awards Lunch Ceremony,
• Stump the Expert Session.

eLearning consortia foster inter-institutional partnership to share resources, best practices, and often infrastructure with the goal of increasing institutional capacity for online and technology-mediated courses and programs. Learn how institutions and organizations have developed consortia to leverage resources and extent their ability to enhance student access and success.

The webcast will present the historic perspective of eLearning consortia including past efforts, projects, and research. Current consortial models and organizational structures and services will be discussed as well as a look forward to future opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and partnerships.

Join us on Thursday, August 17 at Noon MDT for a free WCET Webcast. Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.

Registration is open!

WCET, e-Literate, and Babson Survey Research Group have partnered together to create the Digital Learning Compass.

Our goal: To be the definitive source of information on the patterns
and trends of U.S. postsecondary distance learning.

Our 1st initiative: releasing the 2017 Distance Ed Enrollment Report.

What's up with academic integrity in highered? Recorded SxSWEdu 2017, listen to WCET's Communications Manager, Lindsey Downs, check in with Tricia about academic integrity, specifically in regards to educational technology.

Tricia Bertram Gallant is an incredibly well known expert and author on academic integrity. She presents and consults at high schools, higher ed institutions, professional associations all around the world.

The 29th Annual Meeting will bring together innovative higher education and technology leaders who are improving the quality and access to postsecondary education.           

Join us and present at #WCET17! The Call for Proposals is open until May 5th. Learn more about proposal requirements and our new, innovative approach to this year's meeting.

Strategic Portfolio Development^TM (SPD) is a forward-thinking program planning approach that helps institutions position themselves to more efficiently operate in today’s market while preparing for tomorrow’s. It identifies the most strategic and scalable market-centric digital program anchors, concentrations and certificates to create a series of “suites” that build off of each other, interconnecting current and future content and program areas.

Learn more about this program at our FREE WCET webcast!

7:00 AM HAST/9:00 AM AKDT/10:00 AM PDT/11:00 AM MDT/ Noon CDT/1:00 EDT

Register today for the WCET webcast, “The Price versus Cost Debate” on March 21, 11:30 AM MDT.

Join us for a facilitated conversation between experts on the price and cost of distance education report, which caused quite a conversation in higher ed circles! This webcast is provided free and open to all.

Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.

We're on social media! Check us out around the web:

Twitter @wcet_info

Facebook WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies

Instagram @wcet  *new!

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WCET joins the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD),  Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) for Developmental Disabilities awareness month during March of 2017.

The campaign seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of life, as well as awareness to the barriers that people with disabilities still sometimes face in connecting to the communities in which they live.

We will also hold a special webcast, Enabling Accessibility in Learning Technology, March 16th. Join us for this free event!

Join us for a free webcast to hear from higher education professionals and explore effective educational content strategy development techniques and to save students money and improve efficacy. The free webcast will run for 60 minutes.

2/16/17, 7:00 AM AKST/8:00 AM HAST/9:00 AM PST/10:00 AM MST and Arizona/11:00 AM CST/Noon EST

Learn more about the webcast and register today!

We enjoyed co-hosting the first #DLNChat of 2017 on building an innovative institutional culture. Missed the chat or just want to relive the magic? Check out the storify of the event!

We'll be co-hosting the next chat on February 14, 2017 4:00 PM Eastern! Follow us @wcet_info for more info!

What edtech trends and issues will impact WCET members in 2017?

Join WCET's visionaries and leaders for a discussion of what edtech trends and issues are on the horizon.  What should you be thinking about as you kick-off the 2017 academic year? What emerging issues are you seeing at your institution? Share them, and ask your questions during the open virtual conversation portion of the webcast. This webcast is provided free and open to all. Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.

Learn more about this January 19the webcast!

The Future of Internet of Things is at our doorstep! Join us for a WCET and Blackboard Webcast about the Internet of Things (IoT), IoT and policies, security, and privacy, and the potential for IoT in higher education.

Date: January 17, 2017

Time: Noon PST /1:00 PM MST / 2:00 PM CST/ 3:00 PM EST

The webcast is provided free and open to all. Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.

Register today for the webcast.