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Self-care in a Time of Crisis
Published by: WCET | 8/14/2020
A few weeks ago, my team mate Megan Raymond and I chatted a little about self-care during this time of COVID-19. We are both working right now with our kids home and I for one feel lucky that I have […]
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Building Community for WCET
Published by: WCET | 6/26/2020
Today I’m here to talk about community, specifically the technical way we at WCET are working to build a community for higher education professionals and how we plan to support that community. As the Community Manager for wcetMIX, our online […]
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Quarantainment – A Summer Reads, Listens, and Watch (And more!) List from WCET
Published by: WCET | 6/12/2020
Welcome to Quarantine Lindsey and I (Rosa) began plans for this blog very soon after quarantine began back in March. We wanted to put together something fun to share that would contrast with the other conversations happening about the future […]
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Our Reflections on a Virtual Event – the 2020 WCET Policy Summit
Published by: WCET | 5/14/2020
The WCET team enjoys planning our two live events each year. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for our community to come together to network, discuss new ideas, learn from each other, and bring important promising practices back to […]
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Promising Practices for Navigating “What’s Next”
Published by: WCET | 4/23/2020
I have long marveled at how quickly and effectively WCET pivots to support its members when we most need assistance. Remember the announcement of new guidelines that regional accreditors were going to use to evaluate distance education (CRAC-2001)? State authorization […]
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Not Fooling – A Third Package of Proposed Regs Has Arrived
Published by: WCET | 4/1/2020
**Update: On 4/2/2020, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it amended the public comment period timeline. The text below has been updated to reflect this update.** The third package has arrived! In the midst of managing rapid conversion of […]
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WCET’s EdTech Community Rallies Against COVID-19 Challenges
Published by: WCET |
The WCET member discussions over the past two weeks (has it really only been a few weeks since schools announced closures?) have vibrantly shown the collaborative and supportive nature of our community of edtech leaders and practitioners. This is an […]
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Leadership Observations/Lessons from the Current Crisis – Pause, Breathe, Think
Published by: WCET | 3/26/2020
The Little Dutch Boy is the tale of a boy who finds a hole in the dike and saves the town by plugging it with his finger. Given the current massive scale of the transitioning courses into #KeepTeaching modes, all […]
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Accreditation, Continuity of Operations, and COVID-19
Published by: WCET | 3/12/2020
On March 5, 2020, the Department of Education issued guidance to institutions facing possible interruptions of study because of COVID-19. WCET’s Cheryl Dowd, Director of the WCET State Authorization Network, provided an overview of the guidance for WCET Frontiers. As […]
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A Flower (and some great quotes) for International Women’s Day
Published by: WCET | 3/6/2020
March 8th is International Women’s Day. According to the International Women’s Day (IWD) website, IWD is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and the celebration has occurred annually for well over a century. […]