Archives - October, 2019

Welcome to OLC Accelerate 2018 - Educational Technology Conference

#WeAreOLC: How to find your story with OLC

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Adam Davi, Technology Test Kitchen Co-Chair; Angela Gunder, Virtual Engagement and OLC Live! Co-Chair; Megan Kohler, OLC Accelerate Program Co-Chair; Sherri Restauri, OLC Accelerate Conference Co-Chair; Katie Schuster, Director, OLC Conferences and Events; and Maddie Shellgren, Technology Test Kitchen Co-Chair and Escape Room Chair

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With the idea of stories being a connecting element throughout all of our conference activities, we are creating a variety of opportunities for you to share your story and to hear the stories of others. We’re calling this initiative #WeAreOLC. Read More >

Accelerate Field Guide Program

Friends and Food with the Field Guides

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Torie Wynn (Co-Chair, Field Guide Program)

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We’re less than one month away from the excitement of OLC Accelerate 2019. Your OLC Accelerate Field Guide team has been hard at work preparing a ton of fun and exciting events for the upcoming conference. At our orientation session Read More >

Cheerful young man and woman cooperating for finding solutions while working together online as co-workers in a modern collaborative office space

Come Join Us for Our Research-oriented Activities at OLC Accelerate!

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Dr. Sherri Restauri, Coastal Carolina University; OLC Accelerate Conference Co-Chair and IDEA Co-Chair; Tracy Cosker, University of New Hampshire Online; OLC Accelerate Conference Co-Chair; and Dr. Lynette O’Keefe, Director of Research & Innovation, Online Learning Consortium

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Welcome to Part 2 of our research-focused OLC Accelerate 2019 blog (see our earlier one, Research is for Everyone, when you have a moment if you missed it).  We are excited to share some of the new research focused opportunities Read More >

Beyond the promise…. AI in Higher Education

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Glori Hinck, EdD- Instructional Designer- St. Thomas E Learning & Research, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
Katherina Pattit, PhD- Associate Professor – Ethics and Business Law – Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

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This is the next post of a series of Trends & Perspectives blog posts. The Track Chairs will reflect on each of this years’ presentation tracks, analyze and discuss some of the trends that you can expect to hear about Read More >

What’s A Talk-about?

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Katrina Wehr, Instructional Designer, Penn State College of Arts & Architecture

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OLC Accelerate 2019 is almost here, and this year’s Accelerate conference is loaded with well-curated sessions, topic tracks aligned to current trends in the field, and opportunities to engage and connect with colleagues from institutions of all sizes and locations. Read More >

What’s all the Buzz about Discovery Sessions, Anyway?!

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Sherri Restauri, OLC Accelerate Conference Co-Chair, IDEA Co-Chair, & Happy Discovery Session Presenter

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Talk about innovative pedagogical uses of technology–Discovery Sessions at OLC conferences, such as the upcoming OLC Accelerate in Orlando, Florida–epitomize the best of pedagogy, technology, and collaboration, and I would even suggest, are the best format for allowing for innovation Read More >

Professional Development and Support…A Snapshot

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Daniel Hoppe, Jr., Contributing Authors: Deri Amason and Lynn Wahl

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This is the next post of a series of Trends & Perspectives blog posts. The Track Chairs will reflect on each of this years’ presentation tracks, analyze and discuss some of the trends that you can expect to hear about Read More >

Community College Completion Paradox Webinar

Community College Conversations at OLC Accelerate

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Kate Jordahl, Director of Academic Affairs and Consortia, CCC California Virtual Campus-Online Education Initiative (CVC-OEI)

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Calling all Community College Colleagues! The Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference (November 19-22, 2019, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista, Florida) has so much to offer practitioners from our segment of higher education. Our particular concerns for Read More >

Online Teaching & Learning Research

#WeAreOLC: Phenomenological Research with Storytelling

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Sherri Restauri, Coastal Carolina University (OLC Accelerate 2019 Conference Co-Chair)

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With the idea of stories being a connecting element throughout all of our conference activities, we are creating a variety of opportunities for you to share your story and to hear the stories of others. We’re calling this initiative #WeAreOLC. Read More >