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Common Interest Groups
WCET's Common Interest Groups
- Join with colleagues tackling the same issues and problems.
- Share proven solutions.
- Jointly create statements of "good practice."
- Develop resources to inform and advance e-learning.
WCET's Common Interest Groups (CIGs) are collections of members who have like interests and come together to share information and work cooperatively around some unifying issue.
While each CIG establishes its own unique agenda and goals, the overall purpose of the CIGs is to build upon the shared knowledge and experiences of the group to create resources, promising practices, and other opportunities to inform and advance effective practices in higher education.
Examples of some the valuable resources produced by WCET's CIGs include:
- Publications:
- Webcast Programs: Innovations in Online Student Retention.
- Tools: Matrix of Methods of Communications during LMS Implementation.
- Collections: Bibliographies and collections of institutional policies, RFPs. Example: The E-learning Consortia wiki contains information on many consortia.
- Advisory: Guidance on the development of surveys on educational technology products.
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WCET is supporting the following CIGs:
Academic Integrity and Student Authentication.
Focus: Strategies to promote academic integrity in online learning and the technologies and processes available to verify the identity of students enrolled in online courses and programs.
The Academic Integrity and Student Authentication CIG has established its projects, and individual members have been assigned to develop resources that will be shared broadly with the WCET community later this year. The current composition of this CIG will remain in place for the immediate future so that the three projects can advance in a timely manner. For more information, please contact Mollie McGill, Deputy Director, Programs and Membership, WCET, 303-541-0306.
E-learning Consortia
Focus: Models and strategies used by e-learning consortia to efficiently and effectively operate as multi-institutional service providers.
How Do I Join A CIG?
WCET's CIGs are for members only. Check the member list. If a member, contact Sherri Artz Gilbert and specify which CIG you want to join to help advance their goals.Not a WCET member? Find out how to join and see the benefits.
Faculty Policies and Practices.
Focus: Institutional policies and practices that address faculty roles, workload, expectations and accountability in the online and distance education environment.
Learning/Course Management System Selection and Implementation.
Focus: Effective institutional practices regarding the evaluation, ownership, and future evolution of LMS systems.
Student Retention in Online Learning.
Focus: Promising practices in areas of course development, faculty and student services, data-mining, and other strategies that encourage student persistence in online learning.
The CIGs conduct their work through synchronous and asynchronous means, including a members-only email list, wiki, occasional conference calls, as well as working sessions at the Annual Conference.
