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Episode 157: Pending Changes to Inclusive Access Programs

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin summarize the current issues surrounding proposed changes to “inclusive access programs” for digital instructional materials and how this affects the affordability work of digital education professionals.

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Episode 156: Reframing the Data That Tell the Stories About Online Students

Guest Dr. Carmin Chan joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to consider how we might reframe the typical institutional data that might not present clearly the needs and progress of post-traditional learners served by online education.

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Episode 155: High-Quality Online Discussions — Here’s How.

In this episode, spring-boarding from one of the chapters in the new SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education, hosts Kelvin and Tom advocate for high-quality online discussions and reflect upon research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences.

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Episode 151: “What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 is Upon Us!”

In this “call-in show” episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by multiple voices from the online education community to help us all make sense of 2023’s disruptions and make the most of 2024’s opportunities in our collective work. Themes include meeting the needs of diverse potential students and incorporating continually-evolving AI resources in this work.

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Episode 150: A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher Education

Guest Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to talk about the importance of cultivating a more global perspective on our online higher education field and shares how a new book can help. The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education is out now.

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2023 Dziuban Award Recipient – Stacey DiLiberto, PH.D.

Stacey DiLiberto, Ph.D., Lecturer, Philosophy, College of Arts & Humanities, College of Arts & Humanities, was awarded the 2023 Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching by the Dziuban Award Faculty Review Committee and the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL). Professor DiLiberto received this award for demonstrating excellence in online teaching in her course, HUM 2020, Encountering the Humanities.

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Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years

Emerging from the “TOPcast Live” session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field might continue to evolve over the next few years.

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