Category: News and Events
Creating My First OER
by Ursula Pike, Associate Director, DigiTex In August 2020, I joined SPARC’s Open Education Leadership Program. The year-long program provided me the opportunity to gain an in-depth knowledge of Open… Continue Reading
DigiTex Connections – August 2021
In our August edition of DigiTex Connections, look for information about Texas Learn OER and its travels around the country and globe, a segment about use of the QM rubric to support the development of in-demand soft skills in the classroom, and… Continue Reading
Important Events in the History of Digital Higher Education: CALCampus, Synchronous Learning, & Early Use of “OER”
by Heather Walker, Program Coordinator, DigiTex Around the same time that Project Athena and the Andrew Project were first getting off… Continue Reading
STARLINK – July Releases
Our partners at STARLINK have released their July offerings for professional development. For more information, please visit their website. Continue Reading
DigiTex Connections – July 2021
Our July edition of DigiTex Connections features information about how to become a course reviewer for the Texas Quality Matters Consortium, a preview of an important resource available through our membership in the State Authorization Network, an exciting announcement about our Associate Director, and… Continue Reading
Important Events in the History of Digital Higher Education: Course Sharing through Mind Extension University
by Heather Walker, Program Coordinator, DigiTex In 1998, the Virtual College of Texas (VCT) was established to facilitate digital course sharing in the state of Texas, with the goal of allowing students across the state to access the courses that… Continue Reading
The Digital Divide and H.B. 5 (or Hank, and the “Tail” of No Broadband)
by Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., Executive Director, DigiTex One of the most significant barriers to digital education is the “digital divide”: lack of access to reliable, affordable high-speed internet and adequate devices to capitalize on that access. Primary, secondary, and… Continue Reading
DigiTex Connections – June 2021
In our June edition of DigiTex Connections, you will find information regarding a useful training from the State Authorization Network, an excellent elucidation of the benefits of the official Quality Matters course review, a couple exciting announcements, and much more! Please click here for more information. Continue Reading
Webinar: Leading Online Learning in a Landscape of Unpredictability
Please join us for the eighth FREE webinar in our series Hot Topics in Texas Digital Higher Education, coming up on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at 2:00 PM CDT. We will have a lively and frank roundtable discussion with four distinguished leaders at community… Continue Reading
Important Events in the History of Digital Higher Education: MIT’s Project Athena & Integrated Computing
“Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Building 10 and Dome (1975)” by Roger W is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Heather Walker, Program Coordinator, DigiTex Imagine a college classroom stripped of technology: no instructor or student computers, no projector,… Continue Reading