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Realizing Students’ Dreams of Success: Harnessing Course Sharing through Grant Funding
Published by: WCET | 4/19/2022
Recently, the organization that I lead, the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex), was honored to receive a grant from Greater Texas Foundation to support a two-year project, Harnessing Course Sharing to Support Texas Pathways at Scale. The funding, […]
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Welcome to the new WCET Frontiers
Published by: WCET | 4/14/2022
Last fall, WCET relaunched the WCET website. And, to be honest, Frontiers got a little jealous. So, what else could we do except give Frontiers an update as well? As you can see, we’ve made several design and feature changes […]
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The “New Normal” and Reflections on Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 4/7/2022
WCET welcomes Kara Monroe, President and Founder of Monarch Strategies LLC. In partnership with her, WCET is launching a new article series on the continued shifts in leadership in higher education and educational technology. This is the second blog post […]
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Together, as an Online Community: Building an Online Program from Scratch
Published by: WCET | 3/31/2022
We are pleased to welcome Ryan Faulkner of College of Eastern Idaho as today’s guest blogger. We often hear about the great things that large institutions are doing, but we have many members at smaller colleges and universities who are […]
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More Federal Rulemaking Excitement for Distance Ed Fans…and Next Steps
Published by: WCET | 3/24/2022
Earlier this week, we shared some very important issues from recent Federal rulemaking that will likely have a big effect on distance education. You probably have heard much more about the other “bigger” issues addressed during this rulemaking such as […]
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Excited about March Madness? Proposed Section 32 Will Excite Distance Ed Fans
Published by: WCET | 3/21/2022
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The annual NCAA college basketball tournament, celebrated nationally and called the “Big Dance” or “March Madness,” began last week with great hoopla. Simultaneously, another form of “competition” occurred – the final week of the […]
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Shifting from COVID-normal to “New Normal”
Published by: WCET | 3/17/2022
WCET welcomes Kara Monroe, President and Founder of Monarch Consulting. In partnership, WCET is launching a new article series on the continued shifts in leadership in higher education and educational technology. This is the first blog in the series and […]
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Women’s History Month: Breaking the Bias in Higher Education
Published by: WCET | 3/10/2022
WCET + Every Learner Everywhere Celebrate Women’s History Month To celebrate Women’s History Month, WCET and Every Learner invited inspiring women to share their reflections on International Women’s Day’s 2022. The 2022 theme is “Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness against bias. […]
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Six OER Student Cost Savings and Cost-Benefit Principles for Decision Makers
Published by: WCET | 3/8/2022
WCET is happy host the National Consortium of Open Educational Resources (NCOER), which facilitates collaborative efforts of the four regional higher education compacts: Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), […]
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Saving Our Students with Emergency Remote Teaching
Published by: WCET | 3/3/2022
Today we welcome guest author, Pamela D. Williams from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Pamela’s experience saving a baby bird is analogous to how we jumped in and provided emergency remote teaching during the pandemic and the lessons that follow. Thank […]