Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEP 151: “What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 is Upon Us!”Episode 150: A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher EducationEpisode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five YearsEpisode 148: Fostering Digital Learning InnovationEpisode 147: “Faculty Preparation” and More QA Insights from CHLOE 8 View All Posted on May 15, 2023August 18, 2023 by cdladminEpisode 138: “The Department Knew What It Meant:” DCL + OPM + TPS = OMG! About Episode 138: Guest Jarret Cummings joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to unpack the issues surrounding the US Department of Education’s 2023 communications regarding “third-party servicers” in higher education. Podcast Recording https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9138.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:51 — 31.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript: PDF Episode 138 Show Notes: Jarret Cummings, Senior Advisor, Policy and Government Relations at EDUCAUSE Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Taste of Austin” Coffee Blend By Cafe Ole from HEB Content Links Jarret Cummings’ Online Profile February 15, 2023 Dear Colleague Letter: (GEN-23-03) “Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions” (Updated Feb. 28, 2023) From American Council on Education (ACE): “ACE, Other Groups Send Comments to ED on Third-Party Servicers Guidance” From WCET Frontiers: “Ed Department Shakes Up OPMs and Third-Party Servicers: This Is Huge” “EDUCAUSE and Third-Party Servicer Guidance” (Cummings) From “On EdTech” Blog: “Fewer Than 1% Of Comments Support TPS Expansion Guidance” (Phil Hill and Associates) Previous Policy-Related TOPcast Episodes #28: “Understanding Policy” #58: “Fun with Regulations” #112: “Breaking News: SARA (and More!) Under Siege” Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” remote recording of interview by Kelvin and Tom)