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Re-imagining Student Support: the Rise of the Basic Needs Coordinator

Published by: WCET | 2/10/2022

Today on WCET Frontiers, author David Helene talks about the role of basic needs coordinators and how the emergence of the position at higher education institutions supports students throughout their learning journey. Thank you David for highlighting ways basic needs […]

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Using Digital Badges to Incentivize Professional Development

Published by: WCET | 2/8/2022

We are thrilled that Anita Gabbard and Beth Nettles from the University of Central Florida, share their journey of creating a digital badge program for hybrid work. Their responsiveness to the challenge of preparing staff to successfully work in a […]

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OER Zero to Sixty in Five Years: One University’s Pathway to 60% Participation

Published by: WCET | 2/3/2022

The University of Arkansas Cossatot is a small community college in the southwest corner of Arkansas with approximately 1,400 students. Among two-year colleges in Arkansas, we lead in OER usage, but it didn’t happen overnight. It took collaboration between college […]

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2022 Digital Learning Policy Preview, Part 2:  Federal and State Rules

Published by: WCET | 1/27/2022

The self-proclaimed “policy nerds” at WCET and WCET|SAN began looking forward to 2022, and we started to marvel at all the policy issues for digital learning in higher education that will be in play this year. Some significant changes for […]

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The Heart of the Learner 

Published by: WCET | 1/20/2022

Today’s blog outlines five steps educators can implement to ensure that we are approaching our work from a learner first perspective. Thank you to WCET Member O’Donnell Learn and Carrie O’Donnell for this thoughtful blog that will help reach and […]

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Every Learner Everywhere’s Equity Mission

Published by: WCET | 1/13/2022

We are happy to have Patti O’Sullivan provide us with an update on Every Learner’s advances over the past year with a special focus on their attention to increasing equity in the ways institutions serve students.WCET enjoys a dual role […]

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2021 Top WCET Frontiers Blog Posts

Published by: WCET | 12/16/2021

WCET staff–thank you for your on-going support of the WCET Frontiers blog. Over the holidays, we wanted to offer you the chance to review posts that you may have missed but had been popular with your peers. Rather than evoking […]

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Announcing the 2021 SANsational Award Winners

Published by: WCET | 12/9/2021

Institutional procedures to comply with state and federal law are unique to an institution’s activities and administrative structure. Regardless, much can be gained from observing the work of exemplars and sharing practical strategies deployed at other institutions. The State Authorization […]

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SUNY Online is Pleased to Announce the Release of OSCQR 4.0!

Published by: WCET | 12/1/2021

This week’s WCET Frontiers blog is written by guest author Alexandra M. Pickett, Director, SUNY Online Teaching, SUNY Online with The State University of New York. The blog features updates to The SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric, OSCQR. OSCQR […]

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