In this digital era, successful digital learning leadership encompasses the key themes of digital strategy and policy, emerging leaders, equitable and inclusive digital learning, the student experience, and workforce education. These five themes will be the cornerstones of OLC’s upcoming Read More >
I have always loved maps. I find them all fascinating – the hand-drawn scrawls from strangers who helped me travel along in life, and the complicated digital sectionals that guide my little airplane (a Piper Cherokee 140) across the skies. Maps remind me Read More >
How can you encourage your students to adopt a growth mindset? We chose to homeschool our then six-year-old son, Ezra, during the pandemic. One day during gym class, Casey asked him to touch his toes. Ezra complained: “My arms are Read More >
In recent years, the HyFlex modality has grown in popularity largely due to enrollment disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally conceived at San Francisco State University in the mid-2000s, the format provided the flexibility students and faculty needed due to Read More >
Technology is embedded in almost every aspect of our lives – from travel, finances, cooking, fitness, and learning. Many educators would also likely note that just because technology is available and used doesn’t necessarily mean it is an effective or intentional part Read More >
Education professionals from around the world gathered together virtually and in-person for the 2023 OLC Innovate conference presented by OLC and MERLOT. This year’s conference provided a path for innovators of all experience levels and backgrounds to share Read More >
Transformative learning experiences are made possible through the tireless dedication of practitioners. Untold hours of development, design, testing, and expertise must come together to create meaningful learning opportunities. The digital learning community can collectively advance by discovering the impactful work Read More >
Over the summer of 2022, as I was redesigning a fully online research methods course for the Instructional Design and Learning Technology (IDLT) Master of Science Program that I was assigned to teach in the fall of 2022, I focused Read More >
Shifting us into warp drive, distorting the time-space continuum, recent technologies like machine learning (such as GPT-3), analytics, cloud computing, blockchain, and connected devices have challenged many established higher education systems. This combined with the rapid entry of mega-corporations (e.g., Read More >
It takes seeds of creativity and collaboration to craft meaningful, engaging online experiences. The inaugural book from OLC Press, From Grassroots to the Highly-Orchestrated: Online Leaders Share Their Stories of the Evolving Online Organizational Landscape in Higher Ed presents a Read More >