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Think about the last time you came across the term “accessibility”. What was the context? Maybe it was a discussion about legal requirements or technology procurement. Or perhaps it came up while talking about designing quality online courses. No matter…

Join Dylan Barth, Vice President of Innovation and Programs at the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), as he sits down with Kim Grewe, a longtime OLC workshop facilitator and advocate for Open Educational Resources (OER). In this episode of our Facilitator…

A partner institution recently requested student enrollment assistance via our consortium agreement. Our team recognized this as a simple scenario where we have specific guidelines to support learners. Therefore, they assessed the request, categorized it, and responded to it following…

I have four children. Two of them are twins. The twins are six-years-old, which means that they occasionally produce imaginative turns-of-phrase that are cute and humorous. For example, my daughter recently noted that it was “raining snow,” and her brother…

In today’s fast-changing world, employees must constantly adapt to evolving roles and responsibilities. However, training shouldn’t feel like an added burden. Traditional programs can be long, uninspiring, and often fail to engage learners or reinforce retention effectively. That’s where microlearning…

In an era where artificial intelligence is reshaping education, a recent experience has shown how students and professors can work together to harness AI’s potential in the classroom. The success story comes from our pharmacy school where first-year on-campus and…

Virtual | April 1-3, 2025

OLC Innovate, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, provides a path for innovators of all experience levels and backgrounds to share best practices, test new ideas, and collaborate on driving forward online, digital, and blended learning.

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