Finding Balance: Blended Learning for Practitioners and Researchers
Rob Kadel | Senior Research Fellow, Strada Education NetworkSince the earliest days of distance learning, educators have debated whether delivering instruction electronically actually works. Whether through VHS tapes in the earliest correspondence courses or today’s complex and adaptable…
Mapping the Transforming Role of Continuing Ed on University Campuses
Kim Scalzo | Executive Director of Open SUNY, State University of New YorkThe higher education industry is evolving rapidly, requiring colleges and universities to adopt new approaches to serve a shifting audience. The traditional market of 18-year-old high school graduates isn’t disappearing.…
A Common Language for College Credit
Jacqueline Arnold | Manager of Strategic Communications and Relationships, Saylor Academy Marie Cini | President, CAELMarc Singer | Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies, Golden Gate UniversityWhile attending an international conference recently, I was struck that all of the attendees—who came from Africa, Southeastern Asia and Europe—used English as the lingua franca of the event. (Those…
Sharing the Competency-Based Student’s Experience
Jill Loveless | Vice President of Academic Affairs, West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWhat do students really say about competency-based education? That was the underlying question I pondered while completing my dissertation at Capella University. When I began my research, CBE programs were…