Teaching with Wikipedia
Judy Chan talks about using Wikipedia in her teaching and shares resources related to Wikipedia and open pedagogy.
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The NGDLE: We are the architects
Malcom Brown reviews the next generation digital learning environment white paper, released two years ago.
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The adoption of an open textbook in a large physics course: An analysis of cost, outcomes, use, and perceptions
This study looks at the results of using an open textbook in a large enrolment physics course at UBC.
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The open educational resources movement is redefining the concept of online textbooks
This article gives an overview of the open educational resources (OER) movement in Canada.
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Co-creating rubrics: The effects of self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and performance of establishing assessment criteria with students
Co-creating rubrics could have benefits for student learning, according to new research in Studies in Educational Evaluation.
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Teaching in the age of social media
David Smith looks at how social media can be both a revolutionary tool for communication and engagement, but also a source of distraction and online vitriol.
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Different learning spaces, different goals
CampusTech profiles three universities that have designed active learning spaces for immersive learning.
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Emerging challenges in digital higher ed
A recent conference at Harvard University brought together data scientists from universities in North America and Korea.
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Hey higher ed, why not focus on teaching?
Nobel laureate and Stanford physics and education professor Carl Wieman advocates for the adoption of active learning in an interview with NPR.
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Learning in bursts: Microlearning with social media
A team from Northeastern University look at tools and best practices for social microlearning.
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