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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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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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Creating Accessible and Inclusive Online Courses
Published by: WCET | 11/18/2021
Today’s post looks at how accessibility can be incorporated into online experiences with some simple and actionable steps that improve learning and success for all. Thank you Brandon Smith for providing excellent strategies for improving accessibility, the importance of continuous […]
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Student ROI in Higher Ed Begins with Equity and Who We Value
Published by: WCET | 10/29/2021
With today’s post, we continue the WCET Steering Committee’s series on student return on investment (ROI) and the role of digital learning in improving that return. Thank you to Chantae Recasner of Northeast Lakeview College in San Antonio, Texas. She […]
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Stories from the Educational Underground – WCET Interviews Peter Smith
Published by: WCET | 10/27/2021
“Learning happens everywhere. Somehow, we have to figure out how to recognize that learning.” That was one of the closing thoughts that stuck with me when I sat in on an interview between WCET’s Executive Director, Russ Poulin, and the […]
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Does Financial Need and Aid Differ for Online and On-Campus Students?
Published by: WCET | 10/8/2021
It started before COVID-19. Students, families, businesses, and those considering college questioned the value, the “return on investment” (ROI), of postsecondary education. Could they do better doing something else? Was the debt worth it? Is college for them? Those questions […]
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The “Angels of UND’s TTaDA” – Working Magic in the Face of Adversity
Published by: WCET | 10/1/2021
Welcome to our continued celebration of 2021 WOW awardees! We’re joined today by Jenny L. Reichart, who is the Faculty Development Specialist and Inclusion Ambassador with the Teaching Transformation and Development Academy (TTaDA) at the University of North Dakota (UND). […]