Actualizing the Online Community College
What might be the building blocks of fully online community colleges, and what can a traditional brick-and-mortar community college learn from them to enhance its online learning initiatives?
Kelvin Bentley
Biography
Kelvin has over 25 years of experience serving in various roles as a faculty member, administrator, and consultant within the field of higher education, supporting online learning and other types of academic innovation initiatives. These initiatives have included leading online learning offices and teams and piloting and scaling online tutoring and proctoring in support of online learning programs at 2- and 4-year colleges and universities.
Kelvin currently serves as the University of Texas System's first project manager for Texas Credentials for the Future, a new initiative designed to grow and scale access to technical skills for students and alumni across 14 universities and health research institutions. He engages in strategic planning and collaboration with project leads across the UT System to further their microcredentialing efforts. In addition, Kelvin manages several vendor partnerships with companies that include Google and Coursera, gathers and summarizes project-related data, and manages a $1.5 million Beyond Completion Challenge grant from the Strada Education Foundation that supports the UT System's microcredentialing efforts
EDUCAUSE Publications
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7 Things You Should Know About the 2017 Key Issues in Teaching and Learning
Each year since 2011, ELI has surveyed those involved with teaching and learning in higher education to take the pulse of the group about what’s most exciting, pressing, consequential, and relevant.
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Calling for a ‘Soup to Nuts’ Approach to Competency-Based Education
Is there a better approach to developing competency-based education programs than the “DIY” path many colleges and universities take? This post explores what that might involve.
EDUCAUSE Presentations
Membership with EDUCAUSE
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EDUCAUSE Involvement
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2023 Digital Learning Leaders Online Institute| Sept- Nov
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CourseGateway Product Advisory Board
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Horizon Expert Panel - TL
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Leading Academic Transformation (LAT) Advisory Committee
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EDUCAUSE Connect 2014 Facilitators Committee
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Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning
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Evolving Technologies Committee