In today’s fast-paced academic environment, challenges can occur at any time and, to be an effective leader, you need to be able to respond to those challenges with astuteness, strategic wherewithal, expertise, emotional intelligence, and yes, a certain amount of humor.
For institutions working to create a culture of digital equity or legal protection, institutional accessibility can start as a hole from which you must climb out. One of the many factors that work to deepen the accessibility hole is the procurement of goods or services that are not themselves accessible. However, accessible procurement can offer a ladder, helping you get out of that hole more quickly.
What is it like to switch your role from an online instructor to that of an online student? Is a 12-week workshop enough time to impact an instructor’s teaching toolkit or transform an institution’s online course quality? These are among Read More >
While rubrics sound like a critical tool for teaching and learning, I find that few educators enjoy making them or using them. I attribute this to several reasons. First, good rubrics are hard to make. It can be difficult to capture the essence of an assignment in objective and observable terms.
Earlier this week, we launched the second in a series of white papers focused on digital learning trends and focal points for our field. This series, OLC Outlook, will provide thoughtful, well-researched overviews on topics such as accessibility, leadership, instructional Read More >
So far for me, it’s been an interesting 18 years in the field of online and digital learning, and I’ve been lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend and present at many educational technology conferences over the years. My Read More >
Over the past year, the OLC thought leadership team has been reviewing pertinent topics in the digital learning field. In scanning the daily media and literature in the field, as well as speaking with many of you at conferences across Read More >
When I began my position as the Instructional Designer in Distance Education at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) in the Fall of 2015, my new supervisor printed the illustration shown in the photo to the left and gave it to Read More >
“The power of technology brings people together to advance the cause of higher learning all over the world.” Dr. Michelle Miller, Northern Arizona University Sharon Role, University of Malta, Msida, Malta This spring, I received a wonderful email in my Read More >
In my recent article in EdSurge about satellite campuses abroad, I recalled my time, more than a dozen years ago, running a couple of branch campuses in Beijing. My story didn’t say how proud we were at Stevens Institute of Read More >