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Celebrating 30 Years of Innovation: Welcome to OLC Accelerate 2024

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Tawnya Means, Conference Chair, OLC Accelerate 2024

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As we gather to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Accelerate conference, it’s both a time of reflection and anticipation. This milestone signifies three decades of growth, evolution, and unwavering commitment to advancing the field of Read More >

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Rethinking the Student Experience

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Dylan Barth, Ph.D., Vice President of Innovation and Programs, Online Learning Consortium

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Please bear with me. There is a point to this story. To get there, I need to talk about something called Cushing’s Disease. Cushing’s Disease is also known as hypercortisolism. People can get it, and apparently dogs, too. The odds Read More >

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Utilizing Shared Governance in Effectively Balancing Unit and Central Authority In Online Administration

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Caleb Simmons, Ph.D., M.B.A., Executive Director | Online Education, The University of Arizona

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Shared governance is the intricate dance between academic ideals and administrative realities. For administrators, engaging in this process can sometimes feel like herding cats (albeit very well-read ones), especially when there’s no consensus about what “shared governance” actually means (see Read More >

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One Attendee’s Notes (Abridged) from the WCET Annual Meeting

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Dylan Barth, Vice President of Innovation and Programs, Online Learning Consortium

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I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2024 WCET Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California (home of the Queen Mary). At the risk of comparing rally sizes, WCET’s conference is on the smaller side, giving it what Russ Poulin Read More >

Charting New Frontiers: IELOL 2025 Comes to Wisconsin

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Matthew Vick, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

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When the call for proposals to host the 2025 IELOL became available, it was just as UW-Whitewater was starting to collaborate with our Universities of Wisconsin Office of Online and Professional Learning Resources (OPLR) to provide high-quality instructional design for Read More >

OLC Volunteer Spotlight: A Conversation with Tawnya Means

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Katie Fife Schuster, Director of Programming, Online Learning Consortium; Dr. Tawnya Means, Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation, Gies College of Business

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This month, we’re shining a light on Dr. Tawnya Means, Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation at the Gies College of Business. With two decades of experience in online learning, instructional design, and innovation, Tawnya has become an essential leader at Read More >