In October, 2022, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technology (WCET), Dr. Tanya Joosten of DETA facilitated a microcredentialing pre-convening prior to the WCET Annual Meeting at Hilton Denver City Center. The pre-convening was held with professionals...
Congrats to Our Pente Pitch Challenge Top Funded Action Team: Data-Driven Learning Futures! Stephanie Jeanine King — Mar 10, 2022 Tanya Joosten During the first-ever Pente Pitch Challenge in February 2022, five Action Teams competed for their share of $25,000. After hearing all of the pitches on Day 2,...
A guide, The Blended Institution for Higher Education: A Model for a Sustainable Institution, was developed in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere and the Online Learning Consortium Previously, we shared our resource, Planning for a Blended Future, focusing on research-based strategies that faculty and instructors could...
In examining the student experience, there were four primary findings: 1.) Students are generally satisfied with their experience with the DLE; 2.) Students use the DLE often for their learning tasks and feel that the majority of tasks are easy for them to perform; 3.)...
In partnership with the Online Learning Consortium, the National eLearning Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and other partners, we worked to develop the instrumentation for multiple stakeholders in higher and K12 education in 2020 for phase I of a national study. In this...
In partnership with NELC, the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), and us at the National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA), we designed and developed the instrumentation in 2020 for the studies of online learning to understand the impact of COVID-19 resulting in...
Did you miss the WCET webinar, The "DETA" Behind Inclusive EdTech Practices: A Research Review, where we discussed our research review identifying effective practics for students of color? Well, you can check it out here: ...
New report recommends investigating structures impeding success among students of color before throwing money at problems -- and also says more research and research funding are needed. - Lindsey McKenzie, Inside Higher Education. Lindsey McKenzie of Inside Higher Education recently interviewed Drs. Tanya Joosten and Lindsey...
Planning for a Blended Future: A Research-Driven Guide for Educators DETA in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere (ELE) and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) releases a new guide to support educators. Download at: https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/resources/planning-for-a-blended-future/ "While many of us through the years have experienced and witnessed the potential of...
DETA March Updates were emailed. Here is a snippet: "Black lives matter. While we celebrate Black history once a year for once a month, Black lives matter 365 days out of the year. As we reach beyond goals of student access to goals of equity, inclusion, and empowerment,...