Literature Review Examines Evolving Military Learner Population Is your institution prepared to meet the needs of current generation military learners? Each year an average of 300,000 degree-seeking active-duty service members attend college courses through the Department of Defense’s Voluntary Education Read More >
Archives - February, 2015
Scroll down below to learn more about what people are sharing online. Join the community and share what you are learning and working on! [View the story “Tracking Online Trends & Upcoming OLC Conferences” on Storify]
When I think about what’s special about conferences, it’s the opportunity to focus for a few days on my learning and not worry about everyday routine work; and it’s the opportunity to meet others and network, talking about our learning, Read More >
How Can We Meet the Unique Challenges of Community Colleges in the Online Environment? Find Out In Our New Workshop, DEVELOPING ONLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS, Starting February 27! Online education is rapidly expanding as a preferred delivery mode for Read More >
Read below to learn from others in the online community. Share with us what you are learning and reading through social networks. [View the story “What the #OLCCHAT community is talking about…..” on Storify]
Just last week, I started in a new role with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) as their Chief Knowledge Officer. I’m excited to work across the online community to advance our shared agenda. It was very fortuitous that the Read More >
Today, OLC jointly released “Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States, 2014,” the twelfth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. This survey, conducted annually by the Babson Survey Research Group, and co-sponsored Read More >
Come See Why Competency-Based Education Models Are Challenging Traditional Notions of Seat-Time. As student demographics have shifted, the cost of higher education has risen, and technology has changed the way we measure “seat time,” competency-based education models have begun to Read More >
The Honorable Arne DuncanSecretary of EducationOffice of the SecretaryUnited States Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue S.W., Room 7W301Washington, DC 20202 January 30, 2015 Dear Secretary Duncan: The member institutions of our three organizations are leaders in the practice of providing Read More >