New Report Commemorates OLC’s Anniversary and its Role in the Growth of Online Education
In recognition of the Online Learning Consortium‘s (OLC) 25th anniversary, Bay View Analytics, with support from the Online Learning Consortium and Science Interactive, is proud to release “Review Session: 12 Years and 20 Reports Tracking Online Learning.” This report is a compilation and review of research results and OLC publications on the evolution of online […]
Special Conference Issue: AERA Online Teaching and Learning SIG Collaboration
Since 2016, the Online Learning Journal (OLJ), the official journal of the OLC has worked with the American Educational Research Association (AERA), an international society that “strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good” (About […]
OLC and D2L Collaborate to Research the Impact of AI on Student Engagement in Higher Education
By The OLC Marketing Team The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and D2L, global leaders in educational innovation and excellence, are excited to announce a strategic collaboration to explore how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping student engagement in higher education. This collaboration brings together OLC’s extensive expertise in quality online and digital learning with D2L’s […]
Top Recommendations to Increase the Accessibility & Inclusiveness of Your Presentation
An interactive resource for exploring diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for presenters
Regardless of the type of professional development or training you are leading, presenting within that context is a skill. We at the Online Learning Consortium view presenters as facilitators and, importantly, educators. Thus, just as is the case in other learning environments, we need to be intentional about our practices in order to ensure we are facilitating with our audience in mind. We’ve been working to collate the effective practices and strategies presenters across our various OLC professional development spaces leverage to this end. So without further ado, here are the 12 tips we see presenters utilize to create more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible presentation environments:
A Sea Change for Online Academic Leaders
New Book from the OLC Press Highlights Voices, Stories, and Experiences of Online Academic Leaders Navigating Higher Education’s Evolving Landscape. The only constant in higher education is change, especially recently. Since the onset of the pandemic, online academic leaders have been positioned at the center of this most recent transformation. A new book, From Grassroots to […]