Posted on January 20, 2025January 21, 2025Episode 178: Transferable Skills of Digital Learning Professionals Guest Dr. Vickie Cook joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss unexpected career trajectories for digital learning professionals, especially COLOs, related to sought-after, transferable skill sets. TagsadministrationcareerCOLOcommunityCookdigital learningenrollmentenrollment managementgrowthGuatemalaKashyapleadershiplearningLineageOLCpathwayprofessionalspromotionskillsstafftransferableUPCEA Posted on July 1, 2024June 28, 2024Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the rationale underlying continued institutional efforts to prepare faculty for online course design and teaching. Hint: It’s about students. Tagsblendedchicorydatadesigndigital learningdisseminationfacultyfaculty developmentinnovationmetricsmodalitiesonlinePoulinpreparationqualitystudent successstudentssuccessSupportteaching Posted on June 3, 2024May 31, 2024Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course” In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin invite “fun with syllabi” by exploring the multiple roles played by the syllabus in online courses and encouraging adjustments to make syllabi more meaningful and inviting for students. TagsBurundicommunicationdigital learningexpectationsGanuMandernachonlineSAGEsyllabisyllabus Posted on January 15, 2024January 12, 2024Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed Guest Dr. Anna Porcaro joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share insights on how higher education institutions can be more effective in meeting workforce needs through digital alternative educational programs. Tagsalternative educational programsbadgescertificatesdigital learningeducationHigher EdlearnerslearningmicrocredentialsPorcaroTrainingtrendsworkforce Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 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. Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty. TagsAIartificial intelligenceassessmentchange managementculturedigital learningevaluationfailureinnovationleadershiplearning analyticsriskSteintrends Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. 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Posted on July 1, 2024June 28, 2024Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the rationale underlying continued institutional efforts to prepare faculty for online course design and teaching. Hint: It’s about students. Tagsblendedchicorydatadesigndigital learningdisseminationfacultyfaculty developmentinnovationmetricsmodalitiesonlinePoulinpreparationqualitystudent successstudentssuccessSupportteaching Posted on June 3, 2024May 31, 2024Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course” In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin invite “fun with syllabi” by exploring the multiple roles played by the syllabus in online courses and encouraging adjustments to make syllabi more meaningful and inviting for students. TagsBurundicommunicationdigital learningexpectationsGanuMandernachonlineSAGEsyllabisyllabus Posted on January 15, 2024January 12, 2024Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed Guest Dr. Anna Porcaro joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share insights on how higher education institutions can be more effective in meeting workforce needs through digital alternative educational programs. Tagsalternative educational programsbadgescertificatesdigital learningeducationHigher EdlearnerslearningmicrocredentialsPorcaroTrainingtrendsworkforce Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 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. Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty. TagsAIartificial intelligenceassessmentchange managementculturedigital learningevaluationfailureinnovationleadershiplearning analyticsriskSteintrends Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. 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Posted on June 3, 2024May 31, 2024Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course” In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin invite “fun with syllabi” by exploring the multiple roles played by the syllabus in online courses and encouraging adjustments to make syllabi more meaningful and inviting for students. TagsBurundicommunicationdigital learningexpectationsGanuMandernachonlineSAGEsyllabisyllabus Posted on January 15, 2024January 12, 2024Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed Guest Dr. Anna Porcaro joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share insights on how higher education institutions can be more effective in meeting workforce needs through digital alternative educational programs. Tagsalternative educational programsbadgescertificatesdigital learningeducationHigher EdlearnerslearningmicrocredentialsPorcaroTrainingtrendsworkforce Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 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. Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty. TagsAIartificial intelligenceassessmentchange managementculturedigital learningevaluationfailureinnovationleadershiplearning analyticsriskSteintrends Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. 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Posted on January 15, 2024January 12, 2024Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed Guest Dr. Anna Porcaro joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share insights on how higher education institutions can be more effective in meeting workforce needs through digital alternative educational programs. Tagsalternative educational programsbadgescertificatesdigital learningeducationHigher EdlearnerslearningmicrocredentialsPorcaroTrainingtrendsworkforce Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 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. Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty. TagsAIartificial intelligenceassessmentchange managementculturedigital learningevaluationfailureinnovationleadershiplearning analyticsriskSteintrends Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. 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Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 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. Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty. TagsAIartificial intelligenceassessmentchange managementculturedigital learningevaluationfailureinnovationleadershiplearning analyticsriskSteintrends Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. 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Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty. TagsAIartificial intelligenceassessmentchange managementculturedigital learningevaluationfailureinnovationleadershiplearning analyticsriskSteintrends Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. 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Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. TagscommunityDavidsondigital learningEshlemanimpactliberal artsliberal arts educationlocalnessregionalscalesocial mobilitysoft skillstransformationTrinityworkforce Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next page
Posted on November 21, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. TagsaccessCOLOcoviddigital learninginnovationleadershiplessonsscalestudentssuccessWidmer Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. TagscommunityDavidsondigital learningEshlemanimpactliberal artsliberal arts educationlocalnessregionalscalesocial mobilitysoft skillstransformationTrinityworkforce Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next page
Posted on August 15, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Tagsdigital learningEdSurgehopehypeinnovationjournalismleadershipMetametaversenetworkingnewsThe Chronicletrendsvirtual realityVRYoung Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. TagscommunityDavidsondigital learningEshlemanimpactliberal artsliberal arts educationlocalnessregionalscalesocial mobilitysoft skillstransformationTrinityworkforce Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next page
Posted on December 20, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. TagscommunityDavidsondigital learningEshlemanimpactliberal artsliberal arts educationlocalnessregionalscalesocial mobilitysoft skillstransformationTrinityworkforce Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next page