The National University Technology Network (NUTN) will be incorporated into WCET - WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, effective August 31, 2018.
WCET will continue to provide several familiar NUTN related benefits, such as a dedicated "NUTN alumni" email list and NUTN alumni gatherings. Current NUTN members will be offered a discounted WCET membership for the 2018 - 2019 membership year.
Are you concerned about how federal or state policies might impact the your institution and the students you serve? In this year’s Policy Track at the 2018 Summit for Online Leadership and Administration, you’ll hear from experts in the field, right in the heart of Washington, DC, June 19 - 20th, 2018.
Please join us and our partners UPCEA, CAEL, and OLC, as we seek to reshape the landscape of federal and state policy. In addition to providing the high level content to inform your institution about key policy issues impacting online students, you are invited to participate in a special session designed to produce a Policy Framework that will guide each organizations’ respective advocacy efforts.
Behavioral Analytics gathers student engagement data to inform recruitment, enrollment, and retention. It can allow institutions to learn the strengths, skills, and preferences of students, helping them to have more meaningful interactions with their students.
Join this webinar to learn how Utica College partnered with Wiley Education Services to utilize behavioral analytics throughout the student journey.
To learn more about how behavioral analytics can support student retention, join us on Thursday, April 26, at 11:00 AM MDT for this free webcast. Follow the Twitter feed at #WCETwebcast.
The Call for Proposals for this year's Annual Meeting is open until May 7th, 2018!
Submit to present at this year's WCET Annual Meeting. WCET’s 30th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting will bring together higher education leaders and practitioners who are working to improve educational quality and access through the use of digital technology. Interactive sessions are encouraged! Present on emerging technologies, education models, student success, policies impacting edtech, or other topics! WCET members and non members are invited to submit and attend.
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.
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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.
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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:
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:
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:
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.
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 DevelopmentTM (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!
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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.
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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.