Technology and Innovation

Innovation and Technology

In the fast-changing field on online education, the West is a lab for the rest of the country. WICHE's vision includes specific ways that information technology intersects with higher education and improves access to it through developing networks, technologies, levels of expertise, and expanding its availability.

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Behavioral Health Research and Evaluation
Provides behavioral health data and research to policymakers and practitioners in the mental health field. ► College Mental Health Intervention Study Challenge Grant ► Suicide Prevention ► Western States Decision Support Group (WSDSG) ► WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Benchmarks : WICHE Region 2011
Reports on the West’s progress in improving access to, success in, and financing of higher education.
Cost-Saving Purchasing Options / MHECtech
Enables eligible institutions and agencies to cut costs through group purchasing through WICHE's partnership with MHECTech.
E-Learning Common Interest Groups
Builds communities of higher education administrators to share resources, develop research projects, and discuss common concerns related to interinstitutional collaboration, academic integrity/student authentication, student retention in online learning, and more.
E-Learning Membership Organization
WCET serves a membership cooperative of institutions and organizations dedicated to advancing access and excellence in higher education through the innovative use of technology. In August 2010 WCET changed its name to the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies.
E-Learning News Digest
Gathers and disseminates press articles about advances in e-learning.
E-Learning Professional Development
Offers webcasts, conferences, and face-to-face sessions to promote good practices in distance and online education through WCET’s professional development offerings.
EduTools
Provides independent reviews and side-by-side comparisons of educational software to assist decision making in the e-learning community.
Innovations in E-Learning
Recognizes, via competitive awards, outstanding innovation, quality improvement, or achievements in using educational technology tools, techniques, or services by postsecondary institutions and organizations.
Internet Course Exchange (ICE)
Enables institutions to meet student, state, and workforce needs cost-effectively by exchanging high quality, Internet-delivered courses and programs.
No Significant Difference
Focuses on the effectiveness of alternative modes of education, serving as a companion to Thomas L. Russell's book The No Significant Difference Phenomenon.
North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO)
Provides a consortium approach to the development and deployment of high-quality, modular, openly licensed courseware integrating learner-centered and immersive online learning lab environments for the study of biology, chemistry and physics.
Policy Publications Clearinghouse
Compiles a list of policy publications for Western decision makers, including studies, reports, surveys and briefs published by research and public policy organizations.
State Higher Education Policy Database
Offers an inventory of state-level policies and resources in key policy domains related to student achievement, access, and success in higher education.
Technology Costing Methodology
Supplies a set of resources to determine the costs of offering a course through different delivery methods.
Transparency by Design
Provides adult learners with information to become educated consumers of online higher education.
Western Academic Leadership Forum
Provides the West’s top academic leadership at four-year institutions and related system and state agencies with a forum for sharing information and expertise and collaborating on regional initiatives.

Technology and InnovationPublications, Papers, and Reports

Technology and Innovation
Publications, Papers, and Reports