Posted on March 3, 2025March 31, 2025Episode 181: Help in Grasping “Good Online Course” Hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss the challenge, still present after 30 years, of helping others (e.g., policymakers, potential students, etc.) understand what a “good online course” is without experiencing one themselves. They discuss why this still matters and what approaches might help. TagscomplexityCosta Ricacovid-19disseminationenvironmentexperiencefacultyonlinequalityQuality Mattersremote instructionreputationstakeholdersstandardsstudents Posted on February 7, 2022April 12, 2024Episode 107: “Peeling the Onion” of Online Program Rankings In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin delve into the online program rankings associated with US News’ “Best Colleges” Rankings and discuss both the problems and the value such rankings bring to higher education. TagscollegeGladwellKauaionlineprivilegeprogramsqualitativequantitativerankingratingreputationUS News Posted on April 5, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 87: Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID Join hosts Kelvin and Tom for a consideration of the need across higher education to collaboratively wage a campaign of accuracy to repair the damage done to the reputation of online education during the remote instruction response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tagsassociationscommunicationcommunitycontagioncoronacoronaviruscovid-19facultyinstructional designersleadershiponlineonline educationqualityremote instructionremote teachingreputationvirus
Posted on February 7, 2022April 12, 2024Episode 107: “Peeling the Onion” of Online Program Rankings In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin delve into the online program rankings associated with US News’ “Best Colleges” Rankings and discuss both the problems and the value such rankings bring to higher education. TagscollegeGladwellKauaionlineprivilegeprogramsqualitativequantitativerankingratingreputationUS News Posted on April 5, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 87: Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID Join hosts Kelvin and Tom for a consideration of the need across higher education to collaboratively wage a campaign of accuracy to repair the damage done to the reputation of online education during the remote instruction response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tagsassociationscommunicationcommunitycontagioncoronacoronaviruscovid-19facultyinstructional designersleadershiponlineonline educationqualityremote instructionremote teachingreputationvirus
Posted on April 5, 2021February 2, 2022Episode 87: Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID Join hosts Kelvin and Tom for a consideration of the need across higher education to collaboratively wage a campaign of accuracy to repair the damage done to the reputation of online education during the remote instruction response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tagsassociationscommunicationcommunitycontagioncoronacoronaviruscovid-19facultyinstructional designersleadershiponlineonline educationqualityremote instructionremote teachingreputationvirus