The limits of open
Massive open online course provider Coursera has shifted its business model to include courses, called Specializations, which charge up front.
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MOOCs and crowdsourcing: Massive courses and massive resources
New research suggests that there are fundamental similarities between massive open online courses and crowdsourcing phenomena.
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Exploring faculty use of open educational resources at British Columbian post-secondary institutions
This research report, developed by BCcampus and the OER Hub, examines the use of Open Educational Resources by post-secondary faculty in British Columbia.
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Six trajectories for digital technology in higher education
Malcolm Brown, Director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, discusses six trajectories of digital technology.
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Reimagining online education
Steven Mintz, Executive Director of the University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning, looks at ways that online learning needs to move beyond being an imitation of face-to-face learning.
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Team-based learning [podcast], Teaching in Higher Ed
In this podcast, Jim Sibley, director of the Centre for Instructional Support in the Faculty of Applied Science at UBC, describes how to engage students with team-based learning.
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Better residential learning is the true innovation of MOOCs
Dr. Joshua Kim, director of Digital Learning Initiatives at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, discusses the impact MOOCs have had on teaching and learning.
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Teaching and learning: Taking stock
Harvard is reviewing and assessing their efforts in blended and online learning through a report that looks at the impact of MOOCs and edX.
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MIT floats a new online credential: The MicroMaster’s
MIT announced the creation of a stream of courses in supply chain management that will allow any student to obtain a “MicroMaster’s” degree.
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Mainstreaming open textbooks: Educator perspectives on the impact of OpenStax College open textbooks
OpenStax College and OER Research Hub have collaborated on research examining the impact of open educational resources on learning and teaching.
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