Faculty Development and GenAI Playbook
This playbook offers guidance on the scope and direction of Generative AI (GenAI) policies and discussions in today’s higher education landscape. It will provide strategies to Faculty Development practitioners in Centers of Teaching and Learning (CTL) — including Learning Technology Centers or any “center” where faculty professional development occurs — to develop effective and valuable programming around GenAI.
NSA Startalk Resources
Innovative Digital Learning for Critical Language Education The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), with funding from the National Security Agency’s STARTALK program, has developed innovative, free digital learning experiences to support critical language education. These programs provide engaging, research-based resources for educators and students, fostering interest in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, and Russian. Whether through interactive […]
Communities of Practice in Higher Education: A Playbook for Centering Equity, Digital Learning, and Continuous Improvement
This playbook provides the higher education community with guidance on how to envision, design, facilitate, evaluate, and sustain communities of practice. Communities of practice offer higher education faculty, students, and leaders a range of benefits, such as facilitating resource sharing, individual and collective goal achievement, group problem solving, evaluation of practices, and emergent learning.
Supporting Online Adjunct Faculty Across Institutional Roles
About the Playbook An Inclusive Action Plan for Academic Leaders and Instructional Support Staff Created By: Every Learner Everywhere in partnership with Online Learning Consortium (OLC) & WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) Supporting Online Adjunct Faculty Across Institutional Roles: An Inclusive Action Plan for Academic Leaders and Instructional Support Staff provides context and actionable strategies to […]
Online Adjunct Faculty: A Survey of Institutional Policies and Practices
About the Report An Inclusive Action Plan for Academic Leaders and Instructional Support Staff Understanding the role that adjunct instructors play in online education is critical as the amount of online education continues to rise. According to the U.S. Department of Education, distance education enrollment in fall 2018 reached approximately 6.9 million students, roughly 35 […]