Programming
How Digital Credentialing is Driving the Shift Towards a Learning Economy
Louis Soares | Vice President of Strategy, Research and Advancement, American Council on EducationDigital credentials are at the forefront of broader technological innovation in the academic sector and signal the possibility of broader cooperation between higher education and the labor market—but, as Louis…
Doubling Completions and Driving Enrollments: Ambitious Goals But Critical and Attainable
Sue Ellspermann | President, Ivy Tech Community CollegeServing nearly 160,000 students every year across 45 campus and site locations, Ivy Tech Community College is the largest public postsecondary institution in the state of Indiana–but, having set the…
The Edges of Pedagogy: Defining (and Promoting) Actual Safe Spaces for Student Engagement
Randall Stauffer | Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Woodbury UniversityHigher education has traditionally been a top-down endeavor, which, at least superficially, seemed to work reasonably well. After all, students are typically in receive mode as professors share their expertise…
Clearer Distinctions Between Traditional Programs and Microcredentials Will Improve Outcomes for Both
Scott Greenberg | Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Framingham State UniversityIn an age of instant communication, immediate gratification, accelerated learning, industry partnerships, and a predilection for awards, higher education and its academic partners have turned to the delivery of micro-programs…
Measuring High-Quality Online Instruction: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Faculty Development Process
Scott Dolan | Associate Dean of the School of Business and Technology, Excelsior College Jessica Lamendola | Executive Director of Accreditation, Assessment and Strategy, Excelsior CollegeCheryl McPhillips | Director of Academic Operations in the School of Business and Technology, Excelsior CollegeSanthosh Abraham | Faculty Program Director in the School of Business and Technology, Excelsior CollegeBrenda Hardy | Academic Program Coordinator, Excelsior CollegeShou-Bang Jian | Academic Program Coordinator, Excelsior CollegeAmong the challenges facing higher education, few are more critical than the issue of effective instruction. In fact, for Carl Wieman, Nobel Prize award-winning physicist, the biggest problem with higher…
Using Online Competency-Based Programming to Create Pathways for Lateral Entry Employees
Alison Winzeler | Alternative Licensure Director and Pathway to Practice Coordinator in the College of Education, North Carolina State UniversityThe nature of the labor market today is immensely different from any time in the past. Where individuals used to stay in one industry through their entire careers, perhaps moving…
Beyond Pedagogy: How Our Rigid Belief in Learner Passivity is Stunting Innovation
Cathrael Kazin | Managing Partner, Volta Learning GroupAs most of us know, “pedagogy” has its roots in the Greek word for child, as in “pediatrics” and, unfortunately, “pedophile.” While pedagogy has come to be a synonym for…
Continuing Teacher Education (CTE) Offers Canada’s Teachers New Pathways for Additional Qualifications
Jessica Della-Latta | Executive Director of Professional and Non-Credit Programs in the Faculty of Education, Queen’s UniversityTeachers are remarkably busy people—planning, assessing, inspiring, and juggling classrooms bustling with enthusiastic students—not to mention trying to meet the expectation that they pursue additional qualifications (AQ) throughout their careers.…