Inside Higher Ed | October 19, 2015 ORLANDO, Fla. -- As the Online Learning Consortium unveiled a $2.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reward digital education initiatives that help underserved students, the organization’s members used last week’s International Conference for Online Learning to explain the challenges of supporting... Read More>

The Chronicle of Higher Education | October 18, 2015 Orlando, Fla.— The Online Learning Consortium, in a move to encourage professors to develop and use digital courseware, will offer new prizes for faculty-led teams that advance and adopt sophisticated online courses with “a strong pedagogical focus and a sustained impact on student... Read More>

Annual prize competition will recognize exemplar higher education faculty and institutions for advancing and adopting next-generation digital courseware with a strong pedagogical focus and sustained impact on student success among underserved student groups. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Oct. 16, 2015) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), the leading professional organization devoted to advancing... Read More>

A $2.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support OLC’s efforts to foster effective practices in post-secondary digital learning targeted at improving outcomes for underserved students. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Oct. 14, 2015) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), the leading professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of... Read More>

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 This campaign will provide real discussions, heartwarming stories and solutions on the burgeoning distance learning online landscape, targeting students and constituencies in the sectors of K-12, higher education, corporate, government, military, telehealth and home schooling—all of whom are seeking new opportunities to further their... Read More>

The Awards, which recognize individuals and institutions for excellence in online education, will be presented next month, at the OLC2015 Conference, in Orlando NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Sept. 29, 2015) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), formerly The Sloan Consortium, today announced the recipients of the 2015 OLC Awards and the 2015 Effective... Read More>

WASHINGTON and NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) have formed a coalition to advance the interests of non-traditional (sometimes called "contemporary") learners and the programs that support them. This partnership comes at a time of great importance... Read More>

9/17/2015Expo Logic announced it has been selected by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) to provide lead retrieval services for exhibitors at the 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference (OLC2015), Oct. 14-16, in Orlando. The OLC2015 conference features presentations, sessions and workshops for those interested in fine-tuning their skills in... Read More>

The Daily News | Kara Berg To fit with a push for higher-quality incoming classes, Ball State’s freshman enrollment has dropped 3.2 percent this year, according to a university press release. Although each year the university tries to bring the “best and brightest” students in, Chris Munchel, director of undergraduate admissions, said in... Read More>

OLC2015 Best-in-Track sessions highlight international students’ needs; multi-disciplinary courses; social collaboration; virtual experiential learning; open resources; HBCU approaches; and public policy around digital learning for national workforce development. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Sept. 1, 2015) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), formerly The Sloan Consortium, is gathering the online learning community this fall... Read More>