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WCET Survey of Institutional Digital Learning Definitions – Preliminary Report on Key Themes, Insights, and Challenges

WCET Frontiers

WCET – the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, gathered information relating to institutional definitions, policies, and procedures relating to digital learning definitions (such as distance, online, hyflex, hybrid, etc.) Does Your Institution Have an Institution-Wide Definition for Each Digital Learning Modality?

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Understanding Outcome Based Education: Definition, Implementation, and Benefits

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Understanding Outcome Based Education: Definition, Implementation, and Benefits editor Mon, 05/29/2023 - 06:35 According to a recent survey by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, 93% of employers believe that a candidate's ability to demonstrate essential outcomes is more important than their degree completion.

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Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: The Educational Role of Librarians in Higher Education

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When asked about the educational role of librarians in higher education, our current cohort of Immersion facilitators identified some common themes among us, most notably that all of our potential roles are definitely contextual and sometimes contested. Last year I returned to the library faculty as science liaison.

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The Shift in Digital Learning Modalities: Is Higher Education Ready?

WCET Frontiers

Some senior faculty are not able to fill their course loads during in-person traditional timeframes. Some faculty and staff now live in other states. An accrediting team questioned an institution as to why faculty development was not keeping up with increases in digital courses. Buildings feel a bit emptier.

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Reflecting on Feedback and Insights from the 2023 WCET Annual Meeting

WCET Frontiers

Rather than “going back to normal,” faculty are teaching more online and hybrid courses and more students are enrolling in them. Definitely, we need more sessions like this in academic conferences. It was definitely rewarding to exchange ideas with people with different roles and from different types of institution.

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20 step guide for implementing Outcome-Based Education

Creatrix Campus

Suggestions: Conduct faculty workshops on the application of Bloom's Taxonomy. Encourage faculty collaboration for outcome definition. Suggestions: Conduct faculty development sessions on Bloom's Taxonomy application. Suggestions: Provide faculty development programs on diverse pedagogical approaches.

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The push for more active learning spaces on campus

Inside Higher Ed

I’ve been doing faculty development around teaching for almost two decades, and most faculty benefit from having someone help them think through their teaching choices, particularly as they’re adopting new pedagogy. ” Bruff continued, “Part of this is matching [and] making the most of it.