Tuesday, November 26, 2024
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Opening up: chapter one of Teaching in a Digital Age

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I've not been blogging much recently, because (a) I've been on holiday for a month in the Mediterranean and (b) I've been writing my...

Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy?

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I've been on holiday the last two and a half weeks, but also doing some writing for my open textbook on teaching in a...

What do instructors need to know about teaching in a digital age?

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The next step on my road to writing an open textbook is to draft an overview of the contents of the book. Probably no...

Online learning, faculty development and academic freedom

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  The move to 'professionalize' teaching One of the issues that came up at last week's conference for university Boards of Governors was the growing need...

What I learned from the Open Textbook Summit

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BCcampus (2014) Five lessons learned at the Open Textbooks Summit Vancouver BC: BCcampus BCcampus organized an open textbook summit again this year (the first one...

Synergies between online learning, on-campus teaching and flexible learning

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Kiczcales, G. (2014) Online to improve on-campus Digital Learning Blog, UBC, Vancouver BC, April 14. UBC's flexible learning strategy Nearly two weeks ago, Eric Grimson, the Chancellor...

Time to retire from online learning?

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Forgive me for being personal in this post (well, it is a blog), but I also have a few important things to say professionally. The...

Teaching assistants, adjunct faculty and online learning

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I am struggling these days with the issue of who should teach online courses, in terms of qualifications and status, and in particular, the...

Getting started in writing an open textbook

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What format? This week saw further development in my odyssey to write my first open textbook. I met with the very helpful people at BCcampus...

My vision for an open textbook

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As I announced in an earlier post, I'm planning to explore the idea of writing and publishing an open textbook, on the topic of...