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Episode 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 progra
Episode 153: Better Serving Learners Through Transformed Business Models
As a follow-up to the pre-2024 call-in show, hosts Tom and Kelvin talk through the need to re-examine, challenge, and change existing institutional structures as we seek to serve learners better - bot
Episode 152: Still “Be Prepared” for Disruption with Digital Learning
Guest Patti OSullivan joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the significance of advance planning for academic continuity and the role that digital teaching and learning can play. Important all the ti
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 2023s disruptions and make the most of 2024s oppor
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. Th
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 m
Episode 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
Episode 147: “Faculty Preparation” and More QA Insights from CHLOE 8
In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss highlights from and reactions to the CHLOE 8 report, including the importance of faculty preparation, other quality assurance practices, and more.
Episode 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 lear
Episode 136: Online Higher Ed: Finding Ourselves in Other People’s Stories
Guest Dr. Bettyjo Bouchey joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights gained from leading a book project compiling case studies of successful online learning organizations. Examining similarities a