Some may not realize that the first OLC Collaborate in Kansas City actually started with a potential disaster. Marshall Hill, the Executive Director of NC-SARA and the first keynote speaker of the day was stuck in Denver! As it turned Read More >
Archives - March, 2015
Literature Review Examines Evolving Military Learner Population Is your institution prepared to meet the needs of current generation military learners? Each year an average of 300,000 degree-seeking active-duty service members attend college courses through the Department of Defense’s Voluntary Education Read More >
Today, OLC jointly released “Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States, 2014,” the twelfth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. This survey, conducted annually by the Babson Survey Research Group, and co-sponsored Read More >
Why should you take the OLC Advanced Certificate program? To start, let me introduce myself. My name is Dr. Arifa Garman. I graduated from the University of West Florida with a doctorate degree in Instructional technology, specializing in Distance Education. Read More >
User Experience Matters: Moving toward Student-Centric Online Courses By Melanie Shaw, Director of Online Curriculum and Instruction, Clemson University I have been interested in the student-centered trend in education. Because I oversee online curriculum development, I am particularly vested Read More >
When designing an online course, I always include three types of learning assignments: reading (from a text or other academic source), video lectures or other presentation, and supplemental “not at all required to pass this course but just in case Read More >
Image Courtesy of Giulia Forsythe Planning Your Online Course – from Flicker Okay, so this blog is about one of my personal pet peeves about online learning. I started teaching online when WebCT was a free learning Read More >
Photo by Joe Shlabotnik My good friend and colleague, Rich Keeling often encourages colleges and universities to look up, look down, and look around. What does this mean? Look up: What is your mission? Your purpose? Look down: To Read More >
Below is the latest version of the definitions of e-learning that Frank Mayadas and Gary E. Miller have been working on. This version reflects comments from several readers. Please take a look and let us know what you think. Definitions of Read More >
Join our Community Joining the OLC as a Community member is a great introduction to the quickly evolving and specialized field of online education. Membership is free and gives you the opportunity to expand your professional development by networking with Read More >