Category: News and Events
Webinar: Supporting Equitable Access to Career & Technical Education through OER
Our next webinar, occurring on Thursday, April 21, 2022 @ 2:00 PM CDT, will provide an overview of where to find existing open resources to support CTE and then take a deeper dive into the use of OER by two faculty members, one teaching machine tool technology… Continue Reading
DigiTex Connections – March 2022
Our March edition of DigiTex Connections features a number of exciting announcements including a reminder about the launch party for OERigin Stories, compiled by DigiTex’s own Ursula Pike; an update on our grant project; several updates from the Texas Quality Matters Consortium, and more. Please click the image… Continue Reading
Double Stuf OREOs, Star Trek, and your Success
By Rick Walker, Executive Director, STARLINK STARLINK serves as a partner organization to DigiTex, also operating under the auspices of the Texas Association… Continue Reading
Cheyney University: A Tribute to the United States’ Oldest HBCU
by Heather Walker, Program Coordinator, DigiTex In February of 1837, during a time when slavery was widespread and freedoms scarce for people of African American descent, our nation’s first historically black college emerged to stand counter to the times. Founded by… Continue Reading
DigiTex Connections – February 2022
Our February edition of DigiTex Connections features many exciting news items including an update on the progress of our course sharing grant project, funded by the Greater Texas Foundation; a call for proposals for this year’s TxQMC Connections virtual conference; an announcement of the virtual launch party for… Continue Reading
DigiTex Connections – January 2022
DigiTex Connections is back for the new year, and as usual, we have many updates for you. From news about our new grant project, to announcements regarding several important upcoming meetings, to information regarding the release of the new 2021 Texas OER Survey & Landscape Analysis, you… Continue Reading
Hall & Oates & Theatre Appreciation: Contributing to OERTX
by Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., Executive Director, DigiTex As some readers may recall, I was a professor of theatre for many years (see Ready Player One, Hamilton, and Me: “Liveness,” Mediated Communication, and… Continue Reading
Webinar: One Size Does Not Fit All: Approaches to Quality Assurance in Online Education
You are invited to join us for our next webinar on Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 11:00 AM CST: “One Size Does Not Fit All: Approaches to Quality Assurance in Online Education.” In this 10th installment in our series, Hot Topics in Texas Digital Higher Education, speakers… Continue Reading
Weighing the Pros & Cons of Inclusive Access
In January of 2020, shortly after I joined DigiTex and right before the COVID pandemic began, I registered to take a Continuing Education course in basic Accounting and Bookkeeping. The course was meant to help me dust off the accounting skills that I had learned many years ago… Continue Reading
DigiTex SAN Member Meeting: January 12, 2022
Our friends at the State Authorization Network (SAN) have generously offered to lead a special meeting for all DigiTex members on January 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM CST. To read more about the subjects addressed in this meeting, as well… Continue Reading