FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The OLC Board of Directors begins 2020 with new President Mary Niemiec, Vice President Elizabeth Ciabocchi, Secretary Julia Parra and Treasurer Frank Mayadas. BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 7, 2020) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), the leading professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of digital learning worldwide, today announced Mary Niemiec,... Read More>

BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 4, 2019) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), the leading professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of digital learning worldwide, today announced Angela Gunder has been named OLC’s new Vice President of Learning, effective January 2020. In this role, Gunder will be responsible for gathering, curating, and... Read More>

Registration is now open for the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) 2020 cohort; Blended-learning format includes an immersion experience on the campus of academic partner University of Central Florida. BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 3, 2019) – The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) today announced registration is now open for the... Read More>

The Chronicle of Higher Education | October 17, 2019 -  Right-Brained? Professors are susceptible to neuromyths — false beliefs about learning that arise from misunderstandings about the brain. So are the instructional designers and professional developers who support their teaching. That’s the main finding of “International Report: Neuromyths and Evidence-Based Practices in... Read More>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The new class of OLC Fellows will be recognized for exceptional contributions to the field of digital and online learning during a ceremony at next month’s OLC Accelerate 2019 conference in Orlando. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Oct. 16, 2019) – The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) today announced the 2019 class of... Read More>

Campus Technology | October 7, 2019 -  There is no one-size-fits-all rule for figuring out how many students to enroll in an online course.  However, according to a recently published research project, large classes — those with 40 or more students — are best for "foundational and factual knowledge acquisition," and smaller enrollments... Read More>

The Online Learning Consortium announces keynote speakers and Best-in-Track sessions for OLC Accelerate, continuing the conference’s 25-year legacy of sharing effective practices and evaluating technologies for teaching and learning online. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Oct. 8, 2019) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) will celebrate 25 years of gathering online learning leaders and... Read More>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Honorees will be recognized at the 2019 OLC Accelerate Conference, Nov. 19-22, in Orlando. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (Sept. 10, 2019) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) today announced the recipients of the 2019 OLC Awards, Effective Practice Awards and the 2019 Bruce N. Chaloux Scholarship for Early Career Excellence. All... Read More>

Education Dive | September 3, 2019 - California's new free online college aims to help adult learners gain specific skills, but with a month until it opens how it will do so remains unclear. California's newest public college is beginning an experiment this fall that could change how higher education serves... Read More>

Campus Technology | August 14, 2019 - A new report has provided SWOT analyses of seven regions around the world related to digital and distance education. The bottom line: While online learning is on the rise everywhere, programs and courses show great unevenness because of a lack of standards. The project, led by... Read More>