OLC Taps Madeline Shellgren as Director, Online Engagement

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Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Announcement

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Known for her love of storytelling, play and all things gameful, Madeline (Maddie) Shellgren thrives on facilitating and designing meaningful ways for people to connect, learn, and grow together. This makes her an inspired choice as OLC’s new Director, Online Read More >

What is the Responsibility of a Leader in Online Learning?

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 John Vivolo, Director of Online Education at the Katz School of Science and Health of Yeshiva University, and session presenter at OLC Innovate 2020

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This is the fourth in a series of blog posts entitled: Leadership in Online Learning. Each post has built toward an upcoming presentation at OLC Innovate 2020. Join me for the Present and Reflect Session entitled: Online Learning Leadership and Read More >

Guest Blog Post: What Just Happened? And What Comes Next?

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Chad Jardine, Chief Marketing Officer, GoReact, OLC Innovate 2020 Gold Sponsor

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THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY GOREACT We’re all concerned with how to make the transition from emergency remote teaching to high-quality online education? It’s the elephant in the room. And there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Everyone talks about these times Read More >

Community Colleges - Building Student Success

Online learning, social justice, and building bridges

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Sheila Bouie, Southwest Tennessee Community College – Community College Summit Co-Chair

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When we meet for the OLC Community College Summit next week there will be significant information sharing, stimulation of ideas, and critiques of processes to review.  In grand fashion, we will engage, submerge, rejuvenate, and emerge, renewed, and ready. We Read More >

What Equity & Inclusion Means to the E&I OLC Innovate 2020 Planning Committee

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Sherri Restauri, Ph.D. Coastal Carolina University and Bettyjo Bouchey, National Louis University, Co-Chairs for Equity & Inclusion, OLC Innovate 2020 and Monica Simonsen, Ph.D., University of Maryland Global Campus and Roxanne Russell, Ph.D., Columbia University, Equity & Inclusion Sub-Committee Members, OLC Innovate 2020

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Look for those of us with the Equity & Inclusion Advocate graphic as our virtual background while attending OLC Virtual Innovate 2020.   As we approach OLC Virtual Innovate 2020 June 15 – 26, now just a short week away, the Equity Read More >

Pivots, Pirouettes, and Piqués: Gracefully Managing the Anxieties of Remote Teaching and Learning

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Rajiv Jhangiani, Associate Vice Provost, Open Education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia

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This is the third post in a short series focused on topics addressing key issues for transitioning from emergency remote teaching to continuing to respond to the COVID-19 crisis while providing high-quality online learning. There are many challenges – and Read More >

Instructional designers + teaching faculty = powerful partnership

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Kenyada McLeod, Assistant Professor of Web Design at John Tyler Community College

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The classroom experience as we know it has changed. With the onset of social distancing and sudden transitions to remote instruction, the faculty workload may be quite overwhelming for some teaching faculty. These days it is not uncommon to hear Read More >

Virtual Fist-bumps: OLC Innovate Unlimited Group Package

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Cheryl Fulghum, Instructional Design and Online Learning, Haywood Community College, OLC Innovate 2020 Community College Summit Chair

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The fist bump is a gesture of friendship and approval, seemingly made popular by the Millenial generation, the age group that reached adulthood at the beginning of the 21st century. Interestingly, though, the knuckle exchange predates that group by a Read More >