My open textbook: Pedagogy and practice
Robin Derosa discusses how she created an open textbook with her students and reflects on how the experience affected her pedagogy.
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New workers, new skills
Marina Gorbis, executive director of the Institute for the Future, examines the skills that students should be acquiring from their educational experience given the changing world of work.
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This Mongolian teenager aced a MOOC. Now he wants to widen their impact.
In this podcast, Battushig Myanganbayar, who became known four years ago for acing a massive open online course at the age of 15, revisits his views of MOOCs.
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Experiential learning, agile employees: Getting our students on the right path
In an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, Dave McKay, chief executive officer of the Royal Bank of Canada, advocates for the importance of experiential learning for students.
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Even psychologists respond to meaningless rewards
The journal Psychological Science has adopted three Center for Open Science badges to be awarded to papers that use open and transparent practices.
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A moment of clarity on the role of technology in teaching
Phil Hill, co-publisher of the e-Literate blog, looks at the importance of effective learning design in online learning.
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The future of faculty development in a networked world
This article examines the importance of personalized learning, not only for students, but also for faculty learning emerging technologies.
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Active OER: Beyond open licensing policies
Alek Tarkowski, co-founder of Creative Commons Poland, argues that open education needs to focus more on creating active policies that support engagement with open resources.
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Introducing backchannel technology into a large undergraduate course
A new study from the University of Guelph examines the effectiveness of backchannel technology, which allows students in large lecture courses to communicate with each other and the instructor during class.
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One size doesn’t fit all: HyFlex lets students choose
To improve students’ learning and experience, a team at Ohio State University redesigned a large intro-level economics course to give students more choice and to improve efficiency in course management.
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