OLC joins NMC at SXSWedu for ImagiConOLC’s Chief Knowledge Officer Karen Pedersen and Business Development Representative Matt Norsworthy joined me in Austin last week for the SXSWedu Conference & Festival where we met other grantees and partners of the Bill & Read More >
Archives - March, 2016
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. Laurie Hillstock, instructor for the Read More >
Games are fun! Most people seem to agree with this sentiment. So why not use games to make education a fun and engaging experience? This isn’t a new concept and there are plenty of buzz words people use to talk Read More >
Last week, I read Dr. Fowler’s blog post, Student Learning Outcomes: A Primer, and was immediately drawn to the ease in which he describes different types of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). Dr. Fowler’s post provides an excellent primer on the Read More >
Over the past couple of weeks, my news feed reminds me of the vast disparity in use of digital and open educational resources (OER) as well as the lack of education surrounding how to use these cost effective, pedagogically sound Read More >
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, Leah Chuchran-Davis, instructor for the OLC Read More >
Higher education continues to face pressure from a variety of external stakeholders to validate the quality of the educational experience for students. Key for institutions that provide curriculum in an online or blended modality is the need to provide evidence that the Read More >
Jane Moore, Editor of Teacher Education, Editorial Board for MERLOT with her colleagues Angela Gunder and Cris Guenter share why they are so excited for OLC Innovate coming up in April. Connect and collaborate with your peers at #OLCInnovate! Join Read More >
As excited as I am to attend the NOLA Jazz & Heritage Festival for the first time ever, I am even more enthusiastic to welcome conference participants to the 2016 OLC Innovate (#OLCInnovate) with a new program feature – the Read More >
Earlier this month, the Department of Education hosted a workshop on Innovation in Quality Assurance which focused on how institutions identify the appropriate metrics to evaluate quality in higher education. While not the primary focus, this meeting also provided some Read More >