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Teaching in a Jetsons’ World: Or, What Would the Department of Education Do with Elroy’s Robotic Teacher?

WCET Frontiers

It’s safe to say, that in the future there is either no Department of Education or a Department that has made its peace with the role of technology-assisted instruction, or at least the role of artificial intelligence. In this depiction, there is not a human teacher in sight, just robotic Miss Brainmocker.

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What To Do When A Modality of A Learning Experience is Unclear? –  New WCET Paper

WCET Frontiers

WCET members spend countless hours in committee meetings trying to finesse definitions for digital learning modalities. It should help when you need to answer questions about how to label a course, whether a new modality definition is needed, or what to do in the grey space in between those, and all the other related inquiries.

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With proposed TPS changes, Biden admin overreached (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The Higher Education Act recognizes organizations that contract with a college or university to help administer or participate in the Title IV financial aid programs as third-party servicers, subject to federal monitoring and compliance requirements. 15, the U.S.

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Definitions of Digital and Distance Education Spotlighted by WCET this Fall

WCET Frontiers

What term do you use to describe a course where technology allows faculty and students to connect over space and time? One of the top three issues that the WCET Steering Committee sought to pursue in 2022 was a focus on sorting through these definitions. What are the policy expectations for the “distance educationdefinition?

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Regular and Substantive Interaction: Resources to Support Learning, Neuroplasticity, and Regulations

WCET Frontiers

Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Learning and Neuroplasticity Educators are brain changers. Research in neuroscience and advancements in technology provide critical insight about the brain and learning. Department of Education, went into effect on July 1, 2021.

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Despite regulation efforts and student complaints, this popular edtech platform marches on

University Business

” A year later, the Department of Education announced that it expanded its definition of third-party services to include OPMs , such as 2U. However, 2U has since sued the Department of Education, claiming it exceeded its authority and did not collect enough input from outside stakeholders to make the decision.

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New database on minority-serving institutions launched

Inside Higher Ed

The group of scholars recently published an article in the journal Educational Researcher outlining the complexities of MSI classifications and proposing clearer definitions, and they created a new database using those standards in hopes of providing a more accurate picture of the MSI landscape.