Conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have recently taken center stage on many college and university campuses. Institutions are setting goals to make their campuses more diverse and inclusive and embarking on strategic initiatives to close equity gaps. Within …
Students as Coauthors of Learning: A Resources Guide
By inviting learners to coauthor experiences we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world. Incorporating student voice and choice in learning design builds agency and promotes ownership of learning.
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/07/students-as-coauthors-of-learning-a-resources-guide/…
The Ultimate Guide to Online Learning
No matter your reason for wanting to jump into online education, you will find this guide contains everything you need to know about starting the process. We will be covering it all – including costs, accreditation, and assessment formats.
https://taughtup.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-online-learning/…
E-Learning Essentials 2020
The focus in this eBook is on providing a lasting resource for other educators and instructional designers and developers. The focus is to provide evidence-based guidance, useful design tools, and useful examples to guide the creation and design of E-Learning …
Introducing Pearson+: The Most Student and Budget Friendly College Learning Experience
Unique “pay-as-you-go” monthly subscription model brings college e-Textbooks into the realm of consumer media.
Open Pedagogy: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings
Open licensing used in Open Educational Resources allows for teaching and learning techniques that are not possible with traditional copyright. There is a growing body of empirical research on open pedagogy. However, definitions and instantiations of open pedagogy vary in …
MIT built a Google search to spot the most important tech innovations of the future
MIT built the equivalent of a Google search for innovation. Using their online search engine, you can type in one of 1,757 different technologies, and get one sharp number, which is its expected rate of improvement each year.
Examining the Value of Nondegree Credentials
Nondegree credentials have been growing rapidly for decades. During the COVID-19 economic crisis, interest in nondegree credentials and skills training options was especially high. Questions about their quality and value, however, remain.
Virtual Reality in Education: How VR is Used in Immersive Learning
We explore what virtual reality is, how it works, ways that it can be used within education, and why VR is perfect for modern learning environments.
https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/virtual-reality-education-immersive-learning…
Constructionism and AI: A history and possible futures
Constructionism, long before it had a name, was intimately tied to the field of Artificial Intelligence. Student and teacher project‐oriented resources highlighting these new AI programming components appeared at the same time. In this paper, we review this history, providing …
The Top 6 Ways to Learn a New Language With Technology
Language learning isn’t as daunting as you might think. And technology makes the process even easier. Here are some ways how!
https://www.makeuseof.com/ways-learn-new-language-with-technology/…
New- Google Workspace Is Now Available to Everyone
Workspace is now open to everyone including those with a Google free account, according to an announcement made by Google and covered by Tech Crunch. The strength of Workspace is that it provides an integrated platform where you can easily …
Hybrid learning here to stay, but it’s teachers who make the difference, survey shows
Hybrid teaching and learning — some combination of in-person and virtual instruction — is here to stay, according to a survey of parents and teachers conducted for the educational technology company Instructure.
The problem with online learning? It doesn’t teach people to think
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it even easier to reduce teaching to knowledge dissemination and to obscure other, equally important, forms of education that help students be better citizens, thinkers, writers and collaborators. These other forms of education are the …
In Online Ed, Content Is No Longer King—Cohorts Are
Cohort-based courses are still a nascent category. As in any popular trend, we’ll likely see prominent failures, too — but as the types of courses offered evolve, the definition of cohort-based courses will evolve, as well.