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Joe Peters

Oregon State Ecampus’ online Tribal Communities Initiative featured in a newly published book titled ‘Race and Rurality’

6 minute read Marleigh Perez and Eddie Rodriguez of Ecampus documented some of the initiative’s key successes for a chapter in a newly published book titled “Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Equity in Higher Education.” The book offers insights into how higher education can better support rural communities of all different backgrounds. 

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Exploring technology as an exam proctoring solution

6 minute read Based on 10 years of experience, the OSU Ecampus proctoring manager created a framework for examining technology as a potential exam proctoring solution — a framework focused on meeting students’ needs. This article will help you identify your institution’s goals and provide guidelines for analyzing proctoring tools.

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Advancing meaningful learning in the age of AI

4 minute read Oregon State Ecampus revisited Bloom’s Taxonomy to help educators navigate the increasing prevalence of AI tools. The Ecampus team synthesized their findings into a new version of Bloom’s, offered under a Creative Commons license, to give faculty concrete guidance on where they might want to review and amend their course design.

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Oregon State Ecampus director working to update GI Bill to benefit online students

3 minute read The GI Bill is in need of an update to better serve all college students, says Shannon Riggs, an executive director at Oregon State Ecampus. As a panel presenter at the Council of College and Military Educators annual symposium, she will explain how military veterans who learn exclusively online receive significantly less in Monthly Housing Allowance than on-campus students.

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What are the keys to effective online course development?

2 minute read How do you create robust and engaging online courses that bring Oregon State’s faculty expertise to students worldwide? A deep dive into the course development process reveals a number of things. Each course development is a custom build, and we pursue quality throughout every stage, ensuring that students are presented with the best possible learning experience.

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Leading in the world’s new education landscape

3 minute read Oregon State Ecampus associate provost Lisa L. Templeton shares her insights on why the professional, continuing and online (PCO) education community is uniquely positioned to lead in the world’s new education landscape. That begins by creating pathways to more affordable learning experiences and alternative credentials.

5 lessons learned from developing and launching microcredentials online

2 minute read Oregon State Ecampus spearheaded the university’s initiative to develop and launch microcredentials, which are for-credit sequences that consist of at least three courses and 8 credits. While all internal OSU partners were highly supportive, it was somewhat challenging for a four-year public institution that has offered traditional credentials for more than 150 years. Here are five lessons learned from the experience.

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10 research-based principles paint a picture of what good online teaching looks like

2 minute read Oregon State Ecampus developed Online Teaching Principles, a resource that helps paint a picture of what good online teaching looks like. These evidence-based principles point faculty to key resources for further reading and exploration, and, very importantly, they have been “road-tested” by experienced faculty who teach online to help promote buy-in.

Award-winning virtual chemistry lab provides hands-on lessons online at Oregon State

5 minute read When they needed an alternative to a third-party chemistry lab platform, Oregon State’s Department of Chemistry and OSU Ecampus used cutting-edge technology to build one from the ground up. The end result: a national award-winning, virtual chemistry lab platform that offers student-centered, high-quality lab experiences at no cost. The lab received the 2022 Online Learning Consortium Innovate Award for its outstanding contribution to the field of online learning.