Moving beyond the sage on the stage
In his UBC course, LFS 350: Land, Food, and Community, Associate Professor Eduardo Jovel is using class time for active learning activities rather than passive lectures.
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Synergies between online learning, on-campus teaching and flexible learning
Tony Bates responds to the idea that a main reason for a university like UBC to explore online learning is to improve the on-campus learning experience.
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Online to improve on-campus
Gregor Kiczales, a UBC computer science professor, summarizes a recent event at UBC on the future pedagogy and economics of higher education.
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Predictors of perceived importance and acceptance of digital delivery modes in higher education
A new study published in the journal Research in Learning Technology unpacks what predictors most influence students’ perceptions of digital learning formats.
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Microflipping: A modest twist on the ‘flipped’ classroom
Sam Buemi, a social-sciences instructor at Northcentral Technical College, suggests that flipped teaching should not be an all or nothing endeavor.
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When lectures fall short as a teaching tool
Sarah Demers, an assistant physics professor at Yale University, describes her experiences embracing active learning models.
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Flipped learning skepticism: Is flipped learning just self-teaching?
Robert Talbert, a mathematics professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, responds to student perceptions that courses embracing the flipped classroom model are just requiring students to teach themselves.
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Finding the right MOOC market for college kids
In the second part of a series analyzing MOOC market segments, Jonathan Haber notes that "out of every ten students enrolled in a MOOC, only 2-3 tend to fall into that college-age demographic."
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MITx committee urges checks on online learning at MIT
The MITx Subcommittee of the Faculty Policy Committee is “preparing to recommend a face-time degree requirement, strong oversight of on-campus MITx experiments, and a ‘conservative initial approach’ to awarding credit for edX classes.”
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Professional learning through MOOCs
The Caledonian Academy has published findings from a study that examined the learning behaviours of professionals in the edX Fundamentals of Clinical Trials course.
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