Archives - October, 2023

Unlocking Your Leadership Potential: Leading From Where You Are!

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Florence Williams, Instructional Designer, DDL/Center for Distributed Learning, University of Central Florida | IELOL Global 2022 Alum

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Editorial Notes OLC invites digital learning leaders to converge during two transformative days – December 5-6, 2024 – for the third annual Global Leadership Impact Summit. This fully online gathering aims to explore the tremendous power of global coalitions and Read More >

Coming Home to Accelerate

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Dylan Barth, Associate Vice President of Learning, Online Learning Consortium

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I’ve met a number of people that share my professional background. I earned a Ph.D. in English with little hope of finding a tenure track job, but I had loads of teaching experience and a passion for student success. Searching Read More >

Care in the Academy: A Path to Transform Higher Education and Combat Burnout

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Brett Christie, Vice President of Educational Innovation & Inclusivity, Alchemy, Kimberly Vincent-Layton (Cal Poly Humboldt), Megan Eberhardt-Alstot (California State University-Channel Islands)

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In the wake of the global pandemic, higher education has faced unprecedented challenges, from financial pressures to adapting to new teaching modalities. These stressors compound long-standing issues, such as racial disparities, socio-economic barriers, and gender-based discrimination. The toll on administrators, Read More >

Preparing for the Future: Navigating Workforce Education Alignment

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Cynthia Pascal, Associate Vice President of eLearning, Northern Virginia Community College

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In recent years, higher education administrators have grappled with adapting to the shifting dynamics of the job market. Workforce education continues to play a critical role in equipping learners for the future. To accomplish this, leaders must realign existing programs Read More >

Supporting Faculty Success and Wellbeing in the Digital Age

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Brett Christie, Vice President of Educational Innovation & Inclusivity, Alchemy, Kimberly Vincent-Layton (Cal Poly Humboldt), Megan Eberhardt-Alstot (California State University-Channel Islands)

 

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The rapid shift to online learning that began with the pandemic has left faculty stretched thin as they now juggle multiple course formats. In Fall 2022, we at Alchemy conducted a survey of over 500 higher education faculty that revealed Read More >

Member Spotlight: North-West University

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Allison Lyne and Samantha Becker, SAB Creative & Consulting

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What does it take to continually level up your institution’s online teaching and learning strategy? North-West University took a significant step forward in its online learning leadership by joining the OLC in 2016. This decision marked a pivotal moment in Read More >

Reimagining Learning and Empowering Outcomes With AI

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Dr. Andy Shean, Chief Learning Officer, Penn Foster Group

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It seems like yesterday that Clayton Christensen, with colleagues Michael Horn and Curtis Johnson, published Disrupting Class, in which bold predictions of college closures equivalent to the dust bowls would occur by 2020 and mass customization would drive greater personalization Read More >