Authentic learning (AL for short) provides tasks and experiences that closely resemble the expected work environment, and engages students through its practical application. Benjamin S. Bloom...
An innovator in online higher education, David Leasure has led online university programs, problem-based approaches to online learning, and competency-based education. He has served as provost at Western Governors University, Colorado Technical University and Jones International University. Leasure earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in computer science and was associate professor of computer science at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, where he turned his interests from artificial intelligence to teaching and learning with technology. Leasure led the creation of CTU Online, served as CTU’s doctoral chancellor, and president of Jones International University. His core belief is that all students can learn and his passion is helping them and their institutions succeed.
CBExchange 2017: Overcoming Resistance
This is the fifth post in a series of posts on the CBExchange 2017 Conference held in Phoenix, AZ. All posts are available at tag CBExchange-2017.
How do we successfully propose and overcome...
CBExchange 2017: Telling Your Quality Story (Quantitatively)
This is part two of my posts on "Telling your quality story" part one reflects on the presentation by Alison Kadlec at CBExchange 2017. All posts on this conference are tagged CBExchange...
CBExchange 2017: Telling Your Quality Story (Qualitatively)
I often presented the successes of my institutions to people with no background in CBE or online. The challenge I found was to quickly generate interest before they engaged their defenses against...
OIG’s Audit of WGU
Yesterday, 9/21/2017, the Office of the Inspector General issued its years-in-the-making recommendation on its audit of Western Governor's University. WGU and other stakeholders have...
CBExchange 2017: Strategy Update
Amber Garrison Duncan presented the three pillars of the CBEN strategy and Deb Bushway elaborated them.
- Build Demand - and quality - see the CBE Principles and Standards
- Build Capacity -...
CBExchange 2017 News
I'm excited and it's because I'm at CBExchange! I have a series of posts on the conference at tag CBExchange 2017.
There are so many colleges and universities represented here who are getting...
Power Students’ Futures
Ask students, families or politicians about the purpose of college, and the answers usually have something to do with prepare for a career or meet the workforce needs. Ask faculty members, and...
More than Buildings
When colleges are mentioned, images spring to mind of ivy covered walls or new technology buildings in the corporate style. Yet, we know that colleges and universities are so much more than their...
Learning as a Process Can Be Taught (and it’s repeatable, measurable, and improvable)
In June, I was privileged to assist my friends and colleagues, Dan Apple, Joyce Adams, and Ingrid Ulbrich to facilitate a Learning to Learn Recovery Camp at Hinds Community College in Jackson...
