EdX Workshop
UBC has the opportunity to join the edX consortium, a non-profit community of institutions that supports open-source cooperative innovation in learning platforms, pedagogy, and learning analytics.
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Report: Students expect future universities to be flexible, accessible, career-oriented
Students expect universities to be more accessible, flexible, and focused on jobs, according to a new survey with responses from more than 20,800 students at 37 Laureate member institutions in 21 countries.
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MITx and HarvardX make some of their MOOC data publicly available
George Veletsianos notes that MITx and HarvardX have recently made new data from their courses publicly available.
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Harvard goes all in for online courses
According to the Boston Globe, Harvard has built what amounts to an in-house production company to create MOOCs: "Harvard has two video studios, more than 30 employees, and many freelancers — an astonishing constellation of producers, editors, videographers, composers, animators, typographers, and even a performance coach to help professors get comfortable in front of a camera."
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Queen Rania Foundation launches Edraak, a MOOC portal for the Arab world
The Queen Rania Foundation, in conjunction with edX, recently announced the launch of Edraak, a not-for-profit Arab platform for MOOCs.
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Wiki learning to be adopted at Mexico’s Tec de Monterrey
The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico (Tec de Monterrey) is formally incorporating Wikipedia based assignments and projects throughout the school system as part of their "Tec 21 Educational Model", an initiative to develop a 21st century pedagogy for the institution.
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Unizin: Indiana University’s secret new “Learning Ecosystem” coalition?
Indiana University has been the driving force behind the creation of a new organization to develop a “learning ecosystem” called Unizen.
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Pushed by lawmakers, University of Florida dives into online education
Last year, Florida lawmakers committed $35-million to the University of Florida to create a reduced-cost, online-only baccalaureate program.
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Join the BC Open Textbook community to review, adapt or create an Open Textbook
As part of their BC Open Textbook Program, BCcampus is actively looking for instructors to review newly identified textbooks either in the original 40 highest-enrolled subject areas or in the targeted trades.
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Flexible learning at UBC: A state of being
BCcampus explores flexible learning at UBC and highlights that UBC wants to change how courses are created, taught and delivered across the entire campus.
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