OLC Innovate 2019 Program Chair, John Stewart and OLC Innovate 2019 Engagement Chair, Keegan Long Wheeler talk about why you should join them at OLC Innovate 2019 in Denver, April 2-5, 2019.
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is reaching out to our global community of thought leaders, faculty, innovators, and practitioners to bring you insights from the field of online, blended, and digital learning. This week, Bethany Bovard, OLC Institute faculty for Read More >
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This post is part of the ongoing collaboration on accessibility issues between WCET and OLC. Thank you to Kelly Read More >
Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash As I traverse the snowy Midwest plains at 550 MPH and 35,000 ft. on my way from Denver to Orlando for #OLCAccelerate 2018, I’m reminded (by way of turbulence and cheap pretzels) of the importance Read More >
Several months ago, a colleague sent me the book “The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success” (Dethmer, Chapman & Klemp, 2015), and I was introduced to a new framework for leadership in post-secondary education. The Read More >
In today’s fast-paced academic environment, challenges can occur at any time and, to be an effective leader, you need to be able to respond to those challenges with astuteness, strategic wherewithal, expertise, emotional intelligence, and yes, a certain amount of humor.
For institutions working to create a culture of digital equity or legal protection, institutional accessibility can start as a hole from which you must climb out. One of the many factors that work to deepen the accessibility hole is the procurement of goods or services that are not themselves accessible. However, accessible procurement can offer a ladder, helping you get out of that hole more quickly.
As your OLC Innovate 2018 Conference Co-Chair Emerita, we’ve spent much time brokering meaningful connections between colleagues, and carving new channels for initiatives and opportunities for engagement. We’ve done it (and luckily, continue to get to do it) with genuine passion and joy. And yet, when we share with folks that the two of us are introverts to the bone, we are often met with consternation and protests. How is it possible that two gregarious and earnest colleagues might lead this double-life as introvert connectors?
To kick off OLC Accelerate Live, John Stewart (Assistant Director for the Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma) interviewed Prof. Jean Twenge a couple of weeks ago about her recent book iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood–and What That Means for the Rest of Us. Prof. Twenge teaches in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University and is going to be one of the keynote speakers at OLC Accelerate this November.
How would you like to participate in a fun virtual contest utilizing Twitter, Slack, virtual bots, video announcements, and online apps to win prizes? The OLC Social Engagement Contest allows OLC Field Guide participants the opportunity to engage across multiple social channels to win prizes and be recognized at the OLC Accelerate Field Guide Kickoff lunch (4 winners will receive $25 OLC gift cards!)