Edubytes

UBC flexible learning open house: Class time reconsidered

Posted on May 21, 2014

UBC will be hosting a Flexible Learning Open House on June 10th at 3pm.
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The role of humans in blended learning

Posted on May 21, 2014

Justin Reich, a HarvardX Research Fellow, explores new research into the roles humans play in blended learning environments.
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Team-based learning: Effectively flipping your course

Posted on May 21, 2014

Jim Sibley, the director of the Centre for Instructional Support at UBC's Faculty of Applied Science, explores Team-Based Learning (TBL).
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MOOCs’ disruption is only beginning

Posted on May 3, 2014

Clayton Christensen, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, and Michelle Weise, a research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, argue that MOOCs have jump-started important conversations about higher education.
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Conventional online higher education will absorb MOOCs, two reports say

Posted on May 3, 2014

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that two recently released reports predict that MOOCs will not fundamentally reshape higher education, nor will they disappear altogether.
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MOOCs: Expectations and reality

Posted on May 3, 2014

The Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Columbia University's Teachers’ College recently published a 211-page report exploring "the goals of institutions creating or adopting MOOCs and how these institutions define effectiveness of their MOOC initiatives."
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Exploring provocative ideas for undergraduate education at Stanford

Posted on May 3, 2014

The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University recently held an exercise to reimagine the undergraduate experience of the future.
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Stanford online 2013 in review

Posted on May 3, 2014

Stanford University has released a 32-page report summarizing the past year of its Stanford Online initiative, which is coordinated by their Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning (VPOL).
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A faculty perspective on open textbooks

Posted on May 3, 2014

Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani, a professor of psychology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and chair of the Provincial Psychology Articulation Committee, explores reasons why most faculty are not yet adopting open textbooks.
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Jon Festinger: Five lessons learned from using UBC’s open publishing platforms

Posted on May 3, 2014

BCcampus recently interviewed Jon Festinger, an adjunct professor at UBC's Faculty of Law, about his experience making his Video Game Law course open.
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