Nicolet College’s effectiveness with online education will take to an international stage later this year when college staff present at the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate conference.
Due to the pandemic, Nicolet will deliver its two conference presentations virtually. More than 1,000 professional educators from around the world are expected to attend the November conference either in person or virtually. The conference will be based at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Director of Instructional Effectiveness and Flexible Learning at Nicolet, Penny Kuckkhahn says though small in enrollment, Nicolet was an early leader in online education...
"We're fortunate that the college leadership has taken the time to invest in this type of approach for delivery. I think it's something that will pay off in the long run for us..."
In one of the Nicolet presentations staff will detail the process it took to convert a Business Law class to the online competency-based education format and also how to deliver instruction free of textbook costs for students Kuckkhan says a team approach to virtual learning made it unique..
"...the team approach we take in developing a large number of our online courses. We take each person's area of expertise rather than have a faculty member work on their own or work with a single instructional designer...."
When coronavirus closed the campus to the public, Kuckkhan says expertise and experience made it relatively easy for them deliver all curriculum to students online.
