Are We There Yet? Impactful Technologies and The Power to Influence Change

Campus Technology | June 10, 2019 - Learning analytics, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and other new and emerging technologies seem poised to change the business of higher education — yet, we often hear comments like "We're just not there yet…" or "This is a technology that is just too slow to... Read More>

Community college students more likely to take, prefer online classes

Education Dive | June 10, 2019 Dive Brief: Community college students are more likely than four-year college students to have taken an online course recently and twice as likely to prefer them, according to a new report from the Educause Center for Analysis and Research. Community college students who prefer entirely or mostly online classes tend to... Read More>

Motlow president named to Berkeley College online board

Times-Gazette | June 3, 2019 - Motlow State Community College President Michael Torrence was recently selected as a member of the Berkeley College Online Advisory Board. The selection is the latest in a growing list of significant national recognition of Torrence's leadership and expertise in using technology to enhance student... Read More>

The 2019 Dean’s List: EdTech’s 30 Must-Read Higher Education IT Influencers

Two OLC Institute for Professional Development faculty members made the 2019 EdTech Dean's List - Laura Pasquini and Ryan Straight. EdTech Magazine | May 1, 2019 - Peer-to-peer advice can help campus leaders navigate the fast-changing waters of educational technology. For influential voices on university innovation, look no further than our... Read More>

The Next Stage for NC-SARA

Inside Higher Ed | May 22, 2019 - A national group dedicated to coordinating state approval of online programs selects a new leader and plans to focus more on program quality. Six years after the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity emerged to attack a knotty problem -- making it feasible and... Read More>

Online Learning Consortium Announces Chief Executive Officer Transition

OLC Chief Strategy Officer Jennifer Mathes to Serve as Interim CEO NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (May 14, 2019) The Online Learning Consortium announced today that Kathleen Ives, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, has resigned. The Board of Directors has named Chief Strategy Officer Jennifer Mathes as interim CEO, effective immediately. Ives served in... Read More>

It's Sunday evening, where are online colleges' student services?

Education Dive | April 18, 2019 - As institutions move to tap the ripe market of remote adult learners, they are realizing their support services need to be available around the clock. With college enrollment mostly flat and the number of adult learners taking online classes expected to increase, it doesn't take... Read More>

Aligning the Regulatory Environment with the 21st Century Realities

The evolllution | April 8, 2019 - A group of advocates are calling for major changes to bring federal regulations up to speed with the 21-st century model of higher education. Despite changing student demographics and technological advancements, the American higher education regulatory infrastructure and related legislation continue to address only the... Read More>

Rethinking Professional Development for Learning Professionals

Inside Higher Ed | March 6, 2019 - The higher ed learning professional conference industrial complex is in full swing. Among the ed tech, online and digital learning convenings that occur in the early part of 2019 are ELI, SXSW EDU, UPCEA and OLC Innovate. Later this year we will have the opportunity to travel to Educause, WCET, POD, OLC Accelerate or any... Read More>

Extend financial aid to cover more alternative education programs, groups say

EdScoop | March 4, 2019 - Despite a surge of regulations in the 1980s designed to prevent fraudulent use of financial aid funds for online courses, the Department of Education still struggles to balance consumer protections with a growing need for short-term and distance education to offer student aid, according to a... Read More>