Archives - May, 2016

I am #IndieEdTech

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Laura Gogia, MD PhD, Research Fellow in Connected Learning for the Office of Learning Innovation and Student Success at Virginia Commonwealth University

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A SCENE, NOT A HASHTAG I first saw #IndieEdTech on a Tom Woodward tweet, which may be why it caught my attention. I work with Tom at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Academic Learning Transformation Lab and have never known him to be a Read More >

Insights from the Field: Learners as Explorers

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Jennifer Rafferty, Director of the Institute, Online Learning Consortium

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The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is reaching out to our global community of thought leaders, faculty, innovators and practitioners to bring you insights from the field of online, blended and digital learning.  This week, Cathy Arreguin, instructor for the OLC Read More >

The Leadership Journey: Reflections from OLC CEO Kathleen Ives

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Kathleen Ives,D.M, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Online Learning Consortium

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The Online Learning Consortium’s CEO and Executive Director, Dr. Kathleen Ives, originally wrote this blog post in reflection of her leadership journey and its relation to the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Education (IELOL) program. We now share Dr. Ives’ Read More >

Insights from the Field: The “In Between” Space of Badging

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Jill Buban,PhD, Senior Director of Research & Innovation, Online Learning Consortium

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The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is reaching out to our global community of thought leaders, faculty, innovators and practitioners to bring you insights from the field of online, blended and digital learning.  This week, Dr. Errin Heyman, instructor for the Read More >

Twenty Years of Research in Online Learning

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Peter Shea, PhD, Editor in Chief, Online Learning Journal, and Associate Provost and Associate Professor, SUNY Albany

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This blog was posted in early April 2016 to commemorate the Online Learning Journal’s (OLJ) 20th anniverary.  During Global Leadership Week, we continue to celebrate OLJ as a leader in the dissemination of research in the field of online learning. Read More >

Insights from the Field: The Inspiration Behind the Solution

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Jennifer Rafferty, Director of the Institute, Online Learning Consortium

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Insights from the Field: The Inspiration behind the Solution The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is reaching out to our global community of thought leaders, faculty, innovators and practitioners to bring you insights from the field of online, blended and digital Read More >

Capturing Innovation: Why a Photo Safari at the #OLCInnovate #PlugIN

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Laura Gogia, MD PhD, Research Fellow in Connected Learning for the Office of Learning Innovation and Student Success at Virginia Commonwealth University

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Several weeks ago I wrote a blog post describing some features of the digital participatory, or #PlugIN,  experience that we will explore at the OLC Innovate conference in New Orleans, April 20-22, 2016 .  So far, I’ve gotten fairly positive feedback – people seem to be Read More >