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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Assistive Technologies: Integrating assistive technologies, such as screen readers and speech-to-text tools, can enhance accessibility for students with disabilities. These funds can cover unexpected expenses, such as technology upgrades or internet access.

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Empowering Education Through Collaboration: The Success of the Mississippi Virtual Community College

WCET Frontiers

20 Years of Progress: The Origins of MSVCC Formed during the technology boom of the 1990s, the MSVCC emerged as a response to state leaders’ vision of expanding access to education through virtual learning. Today’s students, having grown up immersed in technology, expect flexible, digitally enhanced courses.

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Not a temporary lifeline: How to scale online education to match student demand

University Business

Creating high-quality online courses involves leveraging subject matter expertise, developing policies and infrastructure and investing in resources, support and—of course—technology for students and faculty. The college was an early pioneer of remote education, using video conference technology as early as 1996.

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The Quality Conversation

WCET Frontiers

As a result, we have learned a thing or two about how to offer effective and engaging instruction using the technologies available. Since the 1990s, when a distance learning renaissance began, colleges and universities have invested significantly in digital technology (i.e., We need to change that dynamic.

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Learning to Surf:  Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs 

Faculty Focus

Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers.

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Learning to Surf:  Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs 

Faculty Focus

Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.