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Join WCET for an exciting 2020!
Published by: WCET | 1/17/2020
Happy new year! WCET is excited for 2020. Today, we want to share our plans, priorities, and some coming attractions for the year. Members – It’s All About Our Members WCET’s emphasis has always been serving the needs of our […]
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A Blast from WCET Frontiers’ Past – The Top Blogs of 2019
Published by: WCET | 12/23/2019
Today we’re looking back over 2019 and our most popular blog posts at WCET Frontiers. 2019 has been a busy year, especially for federal regulations, negotiated rulemaking, and state authorization. This year we clocked in with 126,034 words in 74 […]
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The Landscape of OER Policy and Practice in Texas
Published by: WCET | 12/19/2019
Welcome to Judith Sebesta, Executive Director of the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex), who joins us with an update on the strategic planning process for the former Virtual College of Texas and to tell us about this year’s […]
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Considerations for Early Implementation of State Authorization Federal Regulations
Published by: WCET | 12/11/2019
To early implement or not to early implement, that is the question… Ok, so maybe Hamlet had a bit more weighing on his mind when he posed the question, “to be or not to be,” but I do think institutions […]
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Connecting with Community – WCET 2019
Published by: WCET | 12/6/2019
Welcome to the Annual Meeting Annual Summary Blog Post.! This year, I’ve focused it more on different topics of interest from the meeting, rather than going through a play-by-play of the week. I hope this year’s summary post is intriguing […]
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Using a Research-Based Approach – It’s Up to Us
Published by: WCET | 12/4/2019
Today we welcome Andria Schwegler, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Master of Science Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University – Central Texas. Andria joins us to discuss the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and the opportunity such […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Student Engagement
Published by: WCET | 11/20/2019
At a recent #DLNChat, one of the questions, answers, and resulting discussion prompted me to ask Karen Costa (writer, faculty member, and faculty development facilitator extraordinaire) to write a piece for us on her comments. Today’s blog post is thought-provoking […]
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Hybrid Classes for Veteran Students – Cheers to the VA!
Published by: WCET | 11/15/2019
Two previous WCET Frontiers posts (post 1, post 2) addressed the issue of housing allowances for students who are Veterans and taking online courses. Today and appropriately during Veteran’s Day week, we’re happy to welcome Mark Haskins of Pierce College […]
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It’s Up to Us to Build It: Lessons Learned from Five Years in the Vanguard of CBE
Published by: WCET | 11/13/2019
We’ve written several posts on the negotiated rulemaking process and updates to state authorization and accreditation regulations. Today we hear from another participant in the innovation negotiated rulemaking process on that experience and her institution’s take on new models of […]
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Three Keys to Opening the Door for OER
Published by: WCET | 11/6/2019
Today marks the finale for our 2019 WOW Award series. The WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Awards honor member institutions and organizations that develop technology-based solutions to challenging educational needs. As we mentioned last week, we have three outstanding award winning […]