Archives - July, 2020

Guest Blog Post: Reimagining assessment online

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Christopher Sessums, PhD, Director, Academic Affairs, D2L Ltd, OLC Innovate 2020 Gold Sponsor

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THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY D2L If you think about it, what really drives the learning process is assessment. Learners need feedback about whether they are learning the intended skills and content knowledge or not. Instructors need to know Read More >

What is the Responsibility of a Leader in Online Learning?

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 John Vivolo, Director of Online Education at the Katz School of Science and Health of Yeshiva University, and session presenter at OLC Innovate 2020

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This is the fourth in a series of blog posts entitled: Leadership in Online Learning. Each post has built toward an upcoming presentation at OLC Innovate 2020. Join me for the Present and Reflect Session entitled: Online Learning Leadership and Read More >

Guest Blog Post: What Just Happened? And What Comes Next?

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Chad Jardine, Chief Marketing Officer, GoReact, OLC Innovate 2020 Gold Sponsor

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THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY GOREACT We’re all concerned with how to make the transition from emergency remote teaching to high-quality online education? It’s the elephant in the room. And there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Everyone talks about these times Read More >

Community Colleges - Building Student Success

Online learning, social justice, and building bridges

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Sheila Bouie, Southwest Tennessee Community College – Community College Summit Co-Chair

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When we meet for the OLC Community College Summit next week there will be significant information sharing, stimulation of ideas, and critiques of processes to review.  In grand fashion, we will engage, submerge, rejuvenate, and emerge, renewed, and ready. We Read More >

What Equity & Inclusion Means to the E&I OLC Innovate 2020 Planning Committee

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Sherri Restauri, Ph.D. Coastal Carolina University and Bettyjo Bouchey, National Louis University, Co-Chairs for Equity & Inclusion, OLC Innovate 2020 and Monica Simonsen, Ph.D., University of Maryland Global Campus and Roxanne Russell, Ph.D., Columbia University, Equity & Inclusion Sub-Committee Members, OLC Innovate 2020

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Look for those of us with the Equity & Inclusion Advocate graphic as our virtual background while attending OLC Virtual Innovate 2020.   As we approach OLC Virtual Innovate 2020 June 15 – 26, now just a short week away, the Equity Read More >

Virtual Fist-bumps: OLC Innovate Unlimited Group Package

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Cheryl Fulghum, Instructional Design and Online Learning, Haywood Community College, OLC Innovate 2020 Community College Summit Chair

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The fist bump is a gesture of friendship and approval, seemingly made popular by the Millenial generation, the age group that reached adulthood at the beginning of the 21st century. Interestingly, though, the knuckle exchange predates that group by a Read More >

Community College Student Working Online at Laptop

Attendees Agree: OLC Innovate is the {Virtual} Place to Be!

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Amy Schoenrock, OLC Marketing

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Participating in OLC Innovate from a home or office laptop seems like a no brainer when traveling isn’t possible, but don’t take my word for it, read on to hear what attendees had to say about virtual attendance. Not surprisingly, our previous Virtual Attendees ranked budget or travel allowances/restrictions, convenience, and having access to session recordings for a full year after the conference as the top 3 reasons for participating in OLC Innovate virtually.

Flocking to the Community College Summit

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Cheryl Fulghum, Instructional Design and Online Learning, Haywood Community College, OLC Innovate 2020 Community College Summit Chair

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I am a confessed OLC conference junkie. I admitted this in a previous blog post. I love everything about them: the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the feels that come when birds of a feather flock together. A mindful Read More >

Maha Bali

Turning Points Leading Up to My OLC Innovate keynote

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Maha Bali, PhD, OLC Innovate 2020 Keynote Speaker

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The OLC Innovate Conference (previously named et4online) is embedded in two stories that were turning points in my career, both of them virtual experiences. And so it seemed serendipitous that the year OLC Innovate goes fully online, that I would Read More >