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WGU President Scott Pulsipher on Bringing Customer-Centric Culture to Universities

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We recognize that technology is dramatically improving access or increasing access to higher education while also improving the quality of it, so I think it’s a really good fit. Did I read somewhere that WGU hasn’t raised tuition since 2008? Because our priorities are increasing access and improving quality. Nine years.

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Live Thursday Dec. 16th with Writer Alfie Kohn (note early time)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In addition to speaking at staff development seminars and keynoting national education conferences on a regular basis, he conducts workshops for teachers and administrators on various topics. His many articles on education include a dozen widely reprinted essays in Phi Delta Kappan from 1991 to 2008.

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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

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Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Simple designs work well, and simplicity makes things happen.”. Jon Bergmann.

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Week of April 11, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

It will cover how to set up an Elluminate room, upload your slides and how to give your students access to the link before and recording after. The first edition, Education for a Digital World: Advice, Guidelines, and Effective Practice from Around the Globe was published by the Commonwealth of Learning and BCcampus in July 2008.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. In 2008, ever hopeful, Gartner insisted that “This thing certainly isn’t dead and maybe it will yet blossom.” The slides are also available here. Maybe it will.).

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