Best advice about #opm: consider what your goals are and why and do you have the right people in the room as you are contracting according to Erika Swain #WCET2022

Phil Hill OPM contracts are strategic contracts that must be evaluated - (paraphrasing here) - and these relationships have to monitored and managed. #WCET2022 Institutions have a responsibility for the organizations they elect to partner with for whatever suite of services.

Like Erika Swain mention of having internal checks (including #marketresearch) before a program launches #online with or without an #opm #WCET2022

Really excited that the Congressional E-Learning Caucus is being re-established after almost a decade. Shout out to AnthologyInc for helping make this happen. #WCET2022

41% of students surveyed had a preference for fully online courses and 80% prefer at least some courses to be completed online according to AnthologyInc global higher education survey #WCET2022

Failure to embrace that we are in a new era of higher education means a loss of relevance of #highereducation Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

#highereducation is going to reach a value proposition crisis according to Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee. If you look at New America's research, we're already there. #WCET2022

"In #highereducation, equity requires institutions to identify structural barriers facing under-served students." Can you find equity in your mission? Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

Structural barriers for #highereducation equity: college app, financial aid, accessibility, advising, cost, dev ed, limited course offerings, lack of support, mental health, poverty, assessment, one size fits all Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

Embracing the power of holistic student supports: structural change+process change+attitudinal change=student success breakthroughs according to Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee. How can technology help us do these things while centering equity #WCET2022

"Systems will do what they are designed to do and that is all they will do." You can't keep equity on the outside of the structures and expect that your students will be equitably served according to Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

Access is more than just availability; it's about disaggregating data to develop new pathways for success Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

How are YOU promoting access? How are YOU creating new pathways toward success? How are YOU using technology to drive equity? How are YOU aligning strategic planning with resourcing? - Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

Understanding digital equity: 1) To understand digital equity, we must first understand the #digitaldivide 2) Key factors creating the #digitaldivide: age-related, socioeconomic, geographic, and racial/cultural/language Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

"Digital equity is a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy." Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee and National League of Cities #WCET2022

"Technology has the opportunity to remove the wall. The question is how are we going to use it." Access is more than an ideology; it's a value proposition. Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee #WCET2022

Never take for granted the seeds you are sowing everyday for Equity - Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee recognizing that results can take time but getting to any finish line first requires us to get started #wcet2022

Breaking: U.S. Department of Education releases regs for comment from last rulemaking. Looks like it will have big impact on #onlinelearning programs using #reciprocity & on programs leading to licensure in other states. Reading thru the 1,077 pages. www2.ed.gov/policy/highere… #HigherEd NC-SARA

U.S. Department of Education NC-SARA New U.S. Department of Education #highered regs: Programs leading to professional licensure must "satisfy" the educational prerequisites for licensure or certification in that state. No definition for "satisfy." What about professions that don't make a determination? www2.ed.gov/policy/highere…

U.S. Department of Education NC-SARA New U.S. Department of Education #highered regs: For #stateauthorization reciprocity: institutions must meet closure, recruitment, and misrepresentation regs for each state. Colleges would pay tuition recovery funds & bonding for some states & meet other regs. www2.ed.gov/policy/highere… NC-SARA