Digital, verified and less open
This article looks at how a growing number of colleges are using digital badges as a means to show achievement of skills that may not be evident from transcripts.
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Toward renewable assessments
David Wiley writes a blog post about ways to add value to students’ assignments.
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Three ways virtual reality can enhance learning
In this EDUCAUSE video, Maya Georgieva and Emory Craig look at ways in which virtual reality can enhance learning.
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Opening the textbook: Open education resources in U.S. higher education, 2015-16
A new report from the Babson Survey Research Group reviews the use of open educational resources by faculty in the United States.
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Open educational practice: Unleashing the potential of OER
In this opinion piece, TJ Bliss examines the growth of open educational resource adoption and the importance of open educational practice.
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A systematic review of the socio-ethical aspects of massive online open courses
A study from the European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning conducted a systematic literature review to explore socio-ethical dimensions of MOOCs
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Refugees around the world can now take online classes for free
The U.S. State Department recently announced a partnership with online education platform Coursera to give refugees free access to thousands of online courses.
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Flipped classroom research and trends from different fields of study
This paper, from the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, analyses the trends and contents of flipped classroom research
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The Internet of Things is here
Florence Hudson looks at the continued expansion of the Internet of Things and how higher education can be involved in and shape its development.
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No cooking cutting in my classroom
Rebecca Eggenschwiler critiques the view that classes and teaching should be standardized.
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