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Congratulations! You are a Best Ranked School! But…

Published by: WCET | 1/16/2019

In the media and in communications to your PR staff, there will be lots of hype this week about ranking online programs. In the past, we have been critical of such rankings on the basis of the quality of their […]

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ED Negotiated Rulemaking: First Reactions and a Preview

Published by: WCET | 1/14/2019

A fond welcome and thank you to Van Davis, Foghlam Consulting, for his analysis of what will be discussed in the U.S. Department of Education’s rulemaking process, which begins this week. As you will see, there sure is a lot […]

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Happy New Year From WCET: A Member-Driven Agenda for 2019

Published by: WCET | 1/9/2019

Hello and welcome to a whole new year of WCET Frontiers blog posts! Today we’re joined by the Chairs of the WCET Leadership groups as well as our Executive Director for a welcome to 2019 and a discussion of WCET’s […]

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ED Negotiated Rulemaking: Suggested Principles for Addressing Issues

Published by: WCET | 1/7/2019

The U.S. Department of Education begins meetings of its negotiated rulemaking main committee and subcommittees next week. There are several issues that will have an impact on the technology-enhanced higher education community. These decision will affect your students, faculty, and your […]

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The Year in Review – What WCET Frontiers Posts Did You Read in 2018?

Published by: WCET | 12/20/2018

[caption id="attachment_10667" align="alignright" width="321"] Casey Kasem. Photo from The Scooby-Doo! Gang: In Their Own Words DVD.[/caption] In 2018, the idea for a “Most Popular Movie” Oscar (thankfully) came and went, we debated whether we heard “laurel” or “yanni,” and J.R. […]

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The value of micro-credentials and badging needs continual clarification

Published by: WCET | 12/14/2018

Welcome today to David Porter, CEO of eCampusOntario, who joins us to discuss the value of micro-credentials and badging. After an intriguing keynote presentation at an educational event, David reached out to several education colleagues who work and research in […]

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Regional Collaboration in Promoting OER Adoption

Published by: WCET | 12/12/2018

Today WCET Frontiers is excited to showcase the recent Open Educational Resources (OER) Implementation and Policy Summit for the MHEC States. This multi-state OER meeting brought together OER advocates from across campuses, legislatures, faculty, students, and more to collaboratively learn […]

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Marketable Skills + Credentialing = the Value of Signals

Published by: WCET | 12/6/2018

What signals do you use to showcase your skills and expertise? Our students need a way to let future employers know about their collegiate experiences and accomplishments. Today we welcome Mike Simmons from University of North Texas to discuss their  […]

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WCET18 – The Thematic Experience

Published by: WCET | 11/29/2018

Hello and welcome to my yearly WCET Annual Meeting summary and review! This year I’m changing things up a bit – instead of the usual day-by-day, play-by-play, I’d like to focus on some of the themes we noticed that filtered […]

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Accessibility & Procurement: What do we need to know?

Published by: WCET | 11/14/2018

WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This post is part of the on-going collaboration on accessibility issues between WCET and OLC. Thank you to Kelly Hermann, University […]

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