Meet the 2023 OLC Award of Excellence and Scholarship Recipients

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Courtney Giesinger and Samantha Becker

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Transformative learning experiences are made possible through the tireless dedication of practitioners. Untold hours of development, design, testing, and expertise must come together to create meaningful learning opportunities. The digital learning community can collectively advance by discovering the impactful work Read More >

Students Explore the Evolving Field of Instructional Design

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Nicole Weber, Lisa Anderson, Erin Applegate, Nicole Augustin, Hannah Bauer, Maryssa Boeldt, Brittany Cantwell, Andrea Chang, Amanda Curren, Melissa Droessler, Jenny Farrar, Ryan Germain, Kourtnie Hunter, Ben Johnson, Andrea Lythgoe, Kyla McHenry, Mindi Ryan, EJ Saldana, Megan Schullo, Diane Stewart, Kelley Wasmund, Amber Williams

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Over the summer of 2022, as I was redesigning a fully online research methods course for the Instructional Design and Learning Technology (IDLT) Master of Science Program that I was assigned to teach in the fall of 2022, I focused Read More >

Agile Leadership Needed in this Distorted Time-Space Continuum

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Amanda E. Major, Assistant Program Director, Pegasus Innovation Lab, Division of Digital Learning, University of Central Florida

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Shifting us into warp drive, distorting the time-space continuum, recent technologies like machine learning (such as GPT-3), analytics, cloud computing, blockchain, and connected devices have challenged many established higher education systems. This combined with the rapid entry of mega-corporations (e.g., Read More >

OLC Releases First Book from OLC Press – Featuring First-hand Stories from Chief Online Officers

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Samantha Becker, Online Learning Consortium Storyteller

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It takes seeds of creativity and collaboration to craft meaningful, engaging online experiences. The inaugural book from OLC Press, From Grassroots to the Highly-Orchestrated: Online Leaders Share Their Stories of the Evolving Online Organizational Landscape in Higher Ed presents a Read More >

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Blended Learning, Student Voice, and Inclusive Experiences: Highlights from OLC Accelerate 2022

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Samantha Becker, Online Learning Consortium Storyteller

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OLC Accelerate 2022 brought together 1,500+ learning professionals in November at the virtual and onsite programs in Orlando, Florida. The theme, “Reflecting Onward: Evidence for a Changed World” surfaced projects, research, and exemplars of best practices in digital learning across Read More >

Top Recommendations to Increase the Accessibility & Inclusiveness of Your Presentation

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Kaitlin Garrett (she/her/hers), Instructional Designer, Online Learning Consortium, Katie Fife Schuster (she/her/hers). Director of Global Events, Online Learning Consortium, Madeline Shellgren (she/her/hers), Director of Community Strategy and Engagement, Online Learning Consortium

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An interactive resource for exploring diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for presenters Regardless of the type of professional development or training you are leading, presenting within that context is a skill. We at the Online Learning Consortium view presenters as Read More >

Insights from the Field: Strategic Actions to Support DEIA in Online, Blended, and Digital Learning

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Dylan Barth, Assistant Vice President of Learning, Online Learning Consortium

 

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This week Dr. Janue Johnson, Associate Professor at San Diego Mesa College and OLC faculty for the workshop Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility in Online Learning, joins us to discuss this new offering within the OLC Institute for Professional Development Read More >