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The OER Trifecta: Access, Affordability and Student Success
Published by: WCET | 11/10/2014
A 2014 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award winner, the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) OER-Based Associate Degree Project has saved its students nearly half a million dollars in its pilot year. Read on as Wm. Preston Davis, Director of Instructional […]
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Community Colleges Adapt to CBE for the Benefit of Their Students
Published by: WCET | 10/28/2014
At your cooperative, we’re always happy to share the learning of our members. Sharing with us today is Sally Johnstone, Vice President for Academic Advancement at Western Governors University, about the work WGU has done with community colleges to launch […]
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Learner-Centric Shifts in Education
Published by: WCET | 10/1/2014
Katie Blot, senior vice president, education services at Blackboard shares with us how MyEdu is helping learners succeed through academic planning and out into the marketplace. When we talk about changes in education, the best place to start is with […]
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Investigation of IPEDS Distance Education Data: System Not Ready for Modern Trends
Published by: WCET | 9/25/2014
After billions of dollars spent on administrative computer systems and billions of dollars invested in ed tech companies, the U.S. higher education system is woefully out of date and unable to cope with major education trends such as online & […]
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Creating a New Kind of OWL: Online Writing Support that Makes a Difference
Published by: WCET | 9/18/2014
The Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a 2014 recipient of the WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award and will accept the award at the WCET Annual Meeting. Today Crystal Sands, Director of the OWL shares with us the goals, […]
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This Summer, Online Collaborating is Hot!
Published by: WCET | 7/24/2014
It has been a good summer and a good year for colleges finding ways to work together online. I’ve been meaning to note this development for some time, but this week’s developments with California State University Online prompted me to […]
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Fresh air, Fresh ideas
Published by: WCET | 7/9/2014
As military boot camp serves to bulk up the physical endurance and mental preparation for combat service, WCET’s data boot camp brought together cross-functional teams to bulk up their knowledge and preparation to build analytics capacity at their specific institution. […]
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Net Neutrality, Classroom Reality, and Ending the “Range War”
Published by: WCET | 1/30/2014
January 30, 2014 Thank you to Mike Abbiatti from the Southern Regional Education Board for giving us his take on Net Neutrality. Recently a federal court in the U.S. struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s right to enforce net neutrality […]
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Wisconsin’s Flexible Option: A System Approach to Competency-Based Education
Published by: WCET | 9/19/2013
In earlier Frontiers blog posts, we heard about developing competency-based programs at Northern Arizona University and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. WCET is also currently partnering with Mozilla, Blackboard, and Sage Road Solutions in offering a MOOC on badges […]