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Cutting through the Framework Fog

Published by: WCET | 9/11/2025

It comes as no surprise that Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education. Much of what is emerging from the field relates to AI, whether it is news about technological advancements or questions about how we should use it. Alongside these, a wave of AI literacy frameworks has emerged, each offering its own definitions, competencies, […]

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WCET Featured Member: Arizona State University

Published by: WCET | 9/9/2025

Introducing WCET’s New Featured Member Series At WCET, our focus is on our community. Every day, our members lead the way in digital learning: innovating, problem-solving, and sharing strategies that shape the future of higher education. To celebrate and spotlight this work, we’re excited to launch a new monthly Featured Member series on WCET Frontiers. […]

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WCET’s Accessibility Project: Progress, but Not yet Perfection 

Published by: WCET | 9/4/2025

WCET has always taken accessibility seriously. When we updated our website in 2021, we worked diligently to ensure that all content, including PDFs, adhered to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, AA standards. We worked with WebAIM a few years after the website’s launch to ensure that our web-based content still complied with those standards. […]

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Breaking Down Walls

Published by: WCET | 8/28/2025

Imagine a student who relies on a screen reader to navigate their course or descriptive audio to better understand and follow video recordings. For that student, accessibility is a necessity. Thirty-five years ago, America made a commitment to that student when President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on a hot […]

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1984 to 2025: What Four Decades of Technology Taught Me About AI’s Promise

Published by: WCET | 8/7/2025

I didn’t realize at the time the extent to which technology would consume my professional and personal lives, but I do remember the wonder of exploring that computer and creating things that I never imagined. Fast forward to 2025, where the smartphone that I carry in my pocket can store seven million times more data […]

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Securing Support, Building Trust: Why Buy-In Matters in Compliance

Published by: WCET | 7/31/2025

When it comes to institutional change and implementing new processes, gaining buy-in for the plan is critical. In 2022, a team at the University of Memphis (UM) made this strategy their priority. This unfolded when UM officials realized its need to rapidly transition from the Desire2Learn (D2L) Learning Management System (LMS) to the Instructure/Canvas platform. […]

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Voice of the Online Learner 2025

Published by: WCET | 7/17/2025

Understanding the evolving needs of online learners is essential for designing programs that truly serve today’s students (and tomorrow’s workforce). This year, WCET is pleased to help share findings from the Voice of the Online Learner report, produced by our partners at Risepoint. Now in its 14th year, the 2025 edition provides a compelling look […]

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Between What Was and What’s Next: Summer’s Liminal Gift to Digital Learning

Published by: WCET | 7/10/2025

Summer just hits different on campus, doesn’t it? Things slow down a bit, routines shift, and there’s finally a little space to breathe and think. How do you spend this time? Catching up? Planning ahead? Just trying to stay cool and keep up? In today’s post, our Executive Director, Van Davis, reflects on his own […]

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Celebrating Innovation: AI Week 2025 at Oregon State University

Published by: WCET | 6/26/2025

Artificial intelligence has quickly shifted from abstract theory to an everyday tool—and few places is that shift more visible than in higher education. Here on WCET Frontiers, we’re always excited to showcase institutions that are leading the way in thoughtfully integrating AI into teaching, research, and campus operations. This week’s post highlights Oregon State University’s […]

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Generative AI in the Curriculum: A Call for Coordinated Integration

Published by: WCET | 6/12/2025

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our personal and professional lives, higher education must take a strategic, coordinated approach to help students develop essential AI literacies. In this timely post, Gloria Niles, WCET Steering Committee Vice Chair, and the Director of Online Learning with the University of Hawai’i System, reflects on the 2025 EDUCAUSE […]

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