As a parent, I have the opportunity to observe how educators at both the K-12 and university level handle this rapid move to remote learning. As someone whose work centers on the field of online learning, I confess I’ve had Read More >
The Little Dutch Boy is the tale of a boy who finds a hole in the dike and saves the town by plugging it with his finger. Given the current massive scale of the transitioning courses into #KeepTeaching modes, all Read More >
The new reality for many of us is starting the day with a review of the news reports on coronavirus. How much has the virus spread? What additional restrictions are we facing? When might this end? Only one week ago, Read More >
Updated March 12, 2020 During the week of March 2nd, the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), Quality Matters (QM), University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), and WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) released a joint statement on the spread of COVID-19 Read More >
With the rapid growth of online education, one challenge we encounter is how to teach online A&P courses that have a lab component. In a recent webinar with OLC and Carolina Distance Learning, Alanna Tynes, Prof. of Biology at Lone Read More >
If we know that fun is a powerful, evidence-based pedagogical tool, shouldn’t fun also be part of the instructional design (ID) process? How can we create a fun learning experience if we aren’t having some fun ourselves? We believe fun Read More >
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), Quality Matters (QM), University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), and WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) represent diverse perspectives from across the field of online learning. In this capacity, the four organizations have Read More >
It’s been nearly 20 years since I put together my first Emergency Response and Business Continuity plans. At that time, we were facing a post 9/11 reality where many of us in leadership positions in higher education were responding to Read More >
This week is Open Education Week, a week-long, global celebration of the benefits and impact of Open Educational Resources (OER). In honor of Open Ed Week and in keeping with OLC’s emerging leadership theme, I would like to discuss leadership Read More >
We can’t deny that our mobile devices are, for many, a primary means of communication and that we often prefer texting to talking or emails. The same is true for our students at Colorado Technical University, which is why in Read More >