Archives - March, 2015

Keeping Pace with the Changing Face of Higher Ed.

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Dr. Karen Pedersen, Chief Knowledge Officer, Online Learning Consortium

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Whether we engage a retrospective and look back 20 years or fast forward 20 years, either direction the higher education landscape changes. What will the higher education institution of the future look like? How will the learning experience morph? What Read More >

It’s The Little Things

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Kathy Achen, Assistant Professor, Doña Ana Community College

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The summer schedules have come out at the Community College where I teach and students are starting to deliberate how bad they want their summer off. Their thought pattern is simple, as many of us had it when we were Read More >

Community Shares Online – #olcchat

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Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Institute

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Scroll down below to learn more about what people are sharing online.  Join the community and share what you are learning and working on!   [View the story “Tracking Online Trends & Upcoming OLC Conferences” on Storify]

Living the Unconference Life – a Form of Praxis?

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Maha Bali, Associate Professor of Practice, American University in Cairo

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When I think about what’s special about conferences, it’s the opportunity to focus for a few days on my learning and not worry about everyday routine work; and it’s the opportunity to meet others and network, talking about our learning, Read More >

How Can We Meet the Unique Challenges of Community Colleges in the Online Environment?

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Dena Coots, Director of Distance Education/Instructional Design, Alvin Community College, Texas

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How Can We Meet the Unique Challenges of Community Colleges in the Online Environment? Find Out In Our New Workshop, DEVELOPING ONLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS, Starting February 27!   Online education is rapidly expanding as a preferred delivery mode for Read More >

Learning from the #OLCCHAT community online

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Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Institute

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Read below to learn from others in the online community.  Share with us what you are learning and reading through social networks.   [View the story “What the #OLCCHAT community is talking about…..” on Storify]

Contextualizing “Grade Level” To Advance YOUR Agenda

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Karen L. Pedersen, Ph.D., Chief Knowledge Officer, Online Learning Consortium

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Just last week, I started in a new role with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) as their Chief Knowledge Officer. I’m excited to work across the online community to advance our shared agenda.   It was very fortuitous that the Read More >