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Edtech is a Human Experience: My First SXSWedu
Published by: WCET | 3/14/2016
Sometimes you have to start at the end to see the beginning more clearly. On my {somewhat delayed} journey home from SXSWedu, our Mike Abbiatti posed the question, “if technology is all it’s cracked up to be, why do we spend so […]
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Teaching the Whys of Where: Enhancing Understanding Through Geography
Published by: WCET | 3/1/2016
Thank you to Allison Friederichs (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assistant Teaching Professor, University College University of Denver) for recommending an innovative adjunct faculty member for today’s guest blog post. I think you will enjoy learning from Joseph Kerski. Thank you Joseph […]
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What Colleges Should Be Doing with Open Educational Resources, At Scale!
Published by: WCET | 2/26/2016
Today we’re honored to welcome TJ Bliss, Program Officer, Education at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to share with us the learning the Foundation has garnered in over 15 years of supporting open educational resource projects. Thank you, TJ […]
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Help Guide the Conversation about the Price and Cost of Distance Courses
Published by: WCET | 2/23/2016
We need your help in providing data – WCET is currently conducting a survey on the price and cost of distance education. But before we get to the survey completion plea, some background… How Are You Saving Money Using Technology? […]
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Embedded Digital Resources Are In, Traditional Textbooks Are Out At UMUC
Published by: WCET | 2/18/2016
During the 2015 WCET Annual Meeting, The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) received a WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award for their work in replacing all of their undergraduate course textbooks with Open Educational Resources. Thank you to the team […]
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New WCET Distance Ed Enrollment Report Shows Continued Growth
Published by: WCET | 2/8/2016
We are pleased to announce the first issue of a new report, the “WCET Distance Education Enrollment Report 2016: Using IPEDS 2014 Fall Enrollment Data.” Based on data accumulated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System’s […]
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The Great LMS Review Adventure
Published by: WCET | 2/4/2016
Who wants the best LMS? We all do! How do you pick the best LMS? *cricket chirp, cricket chirp* A choice of a Learning Management System (LMS) is a critical one for colleges and universities on so many levels – it […]
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Mind the Skills Gap
Published by: WCET | 1/28/2016
In the final chapter of our three-part set of guest blog posts focusing on the future, we welcome Michelle Weise. Formerly at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Michelle now serves as Executive Director of the Sandbox CoLABorative for Southern New Hampshire […]
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Higher Education in the Year 2050: The Age of IoT Global Connectivity
Published by: WCET | 1/21/2016
Have you met Robbie Melton, Tennessee’s emerging education technologies evangelist? We sent her back to the future and an in today’s guest blog post, she shares what she found there. Thank you Robbie! What are your thoughts about the future? […]
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Emergence of the Linked Services Sector in American Higher Ed & Lifelong Learning
Published by: WCET | 1/14/2016
By now, it borders on trite to declare that American higher education, and, in fact, global higher education stands on the precipice of dynamic, revolutionary, and disruptive change. But the cards that I see being dealt as we enter 2016 […]