July Snap Survey Results: Technology and Learning
Sometimes the question isn’t about AI: What a calculator reveals about technology and learning We asked online learning professionals a question about calculators. Some of them answered a question about artificial intelligence. That unexpected turn may tell us nearly as much as the poll results themselves. In Part 2 of OLC’s July 2026 Snap Survey, respondents considered the following statement: A student who correctly […]
June Snap Survey Results: AI, Adaptability, and the Future of Online Learning Work
This month’s Snap Survey also marked a new milestone for OLC. For the first time, we used LinkedIn polls to engage a broader cross-section of the online learning community in a series of quick, timely conversations about issues shaping our field. While these polls are not intended to be scientific surveys, they provide a valuable snapshot of current perspectives […]
How to Turn AI Panic into Institutional Learning
Think about the last AI conversation you were part of on your campus. Was it about a dazzling new tool someone wanted to get up and running immediately? A policy that got bogged down? A student question that made you realize you don’t have the answer? We’re all having those conversations each day, sometimes every […]
Accessibility Isn’t a Compliance Problem. It’s an Organizational Change Problem.
Higher education doesn’t have an accessibility problem. That sentence probably sounds strange coming from someone who spends much of her professional life helping my college prepare for the April 2027 ADA Title II compliance enforcement deadline. Yet after working with faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and accessibility specialists across my institution, I’ve become convinced that accessibility […]
I Can Spot the AI. I Can’t See the Learning.
You’ve been grading discussion posts for half an hour, and they’re all fine. Clean paragraphs, the word “delve” on repeat, an “overall” sentence to wrap things up, a source or two that don’t exist. Then one stops you: it’s a little rough, a little uneven, and it sounds like a person wrote it. That’s what […]