Back in 2004 I made the decision to develop my first online course. I was using online discussions in one of my face-to-face classes and having success with them—really, my
Well before COVID-19 and the recent rapid shift to emergency remote teaching, online education had been gaining in popularity in higher education. The number of students enrolling in online courses
Higher education is becoming more data driven, including in relation to online education. The information that colleges and universities are collecting about online education could be institutional data used in
I’ve had the pleasure of serving as the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse’s primary online administrator for the past 12 years and recently was reflecting upon things we have done on
Overall, colleges and universities continue to expand the number of online courses and degree programs they offer. But even with the continued growth in online programming, significant resistance to online
It can be difficult to discuss the quality of online education as what constitutes quality is a complex issue and no single agreed-upon definition exists. Many factors can come into
It takes considerable effort and resources to create an online education degree program. Therefore, it is in the best interest of faculty, staff, and administrators to retain students who decide
I’ve had the pleasure of working with hundreds of higher education administrators and leaders over the past 20 years or so. The health habits of those administrators in many ways
As an online administrator, I can tell you that it feels like we have been talking about ways to improve faculty buy-in for online education for the past 10 to
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