Last Fall, we wrote about why we thought the emerging organizational structures of online units across our universities and colleges are important to study. Specifically, CORAL Collaborative founders and founding members, a now formalized personal learning network born from OLC Institute Read More >
Early in my design career I was introduced to the idea of how innovation, namely in technology, is adopted through Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation model. This model shows how new ideas travel through individuals and society based on communication Read More >
For many primary, secondary and higher ed institutions across the country and around the world, an unpredictable and turbulent semester is coming to an end in the next few weeks. After cobbling together a variety of resources and methods to Read More >
Re-posted from Maren Deepwell’s blog. Recently I contributed to a conversation around radical openness as part of the OLC’s Ideate online events, together with Robin DeRosa, Gerry Hanley, Leigh Graves Wolf and Rajiv Jhangiani. I was very glad to be invited Read More >
“Dave Cormier’s project is about helping faculty with big concepts in online teaching but giving them short, actionable bites,” says Angela Gunder, OLC’s VP of Learning. “It’s one of several responses that online experts have taken to embrace a community Read More >
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a defining moment for online learning. With physical campus shutdowns, many faculty have had to rapidly pivot to offer their courses remotely. This is, of course, not a true online experience. Instead, what we are Read More >
Nearly everyone we’ve talked to in recent weeks has been not only impacted by, but completely focused on a response to COVID-19. It has been the same for the OLC, as we have shifted to respond to the crisis and Read More >
As a parent, I have the opportunity to observe how educators at both the K-12 and university level handle this rapid move to remote learning. As someone whose work centers on the field of online learning, I confess I’ve had Read More >
The Little Dutch Boy is the tale of a boy who finds a hole in the dike and saves the town by plugging it with his finger. Given the current massive scale of the transitioning courses into #KeepTeaching modes, all Read More >
The new reality for many of us is starting the day with a review of the news reports on coronavirus. How much has the virus spread? What additional restrictions are we facing? When might this end? Only one week ago, Read More >