IELOL is a unique leadership development program that features a blended-learning format, including an Immersion Experience on the campus of the program’s current academic partner, the University of Central Florida. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Nov. 1, 2018) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) today announced registration is now open for the 2019 Institute for Emerging... Read More>

The Chronicle of Higher Education | October 30, 2018 - I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education covering innovation in and around academe. Like many of you, I’ve had a lot more on my mind these past few days than innovation in higher education. It really... Read More>

Campus Technology | October 24, 2018 - Drexel University created an open source website to showcase leading technologies, practices and research in virtual education. At Drexel University, a long-standing culture of community leadership has often benefitted surrounding or related communities with new or better access to digital technology advancements. One exemplary initiative, back in... Read More>

EdTech Magazine | October 10, 2018 - The Online Learning Consortium releases a list of best practices for digital classes to improve institutions’ programs. Online learning is picking up speed in higher education as a college experience offering more flexibility and convenience for students and teachers alike, as well as opening doors... Read More>

Honorees will be recognized at the upcoming OLC Accelerate Conference, Nov. 14-16, in Orlando. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Oct. 9, 2018) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) today announced the 2018 class of OLC Fellows as well as recipients of the 2018 Effective Practice Awards, the 2018 Bruce N. Chaloux Scholarship for Early... Read More>

eCampus News | October 1, 2018 - Online learning programs are on the rise, and this means institutions must ensure high-quality programs in the face of stiff competition A new self-evaluation tool offers a way for institutions to determine if they’re offering a supportive and high-quality online learning program. The Online Learning Consortium’s OLC... Read More>

Campus Technology | September 26, 2018 - Contract cheating — the use of essay writing services to manufacture coursework — is on the rise, along with other forms of academic dishonesty. Here's how technology can and can't help. When 13 undergraduate engineering students were booted out of the program at Australia's Deakin University in... Read More>

Campus Technology | September 25, 2018 - A new self-evaluation tool from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) measures the services and supports in place for online students. Developed out of a joint initiative with the State University System of Floridaand the Florida College System, the OLC Quality Scorecard for Online Student Support is designed to help identify gaps... Read More>

Education Dive | September 24, 2018 - Dive Brief: Many students at the University of Central Florida's College of Business are pushing back on a new blended learning modality that reduces classroom instruction and invests more time in online learning and group projects, Inside Higher Ed reported. The university, which has more than... Read More>

OLC Accelerate 2018 (Nov. 14-16, Orlando) will gather thousands of online learning researchers, practitioners and EdTech innovators from around the world to share and discover effective practices and evaluate technologies for teaching and learning online. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Sept. 25, 2018) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) anticipates nearly 2,000 online... Read More>