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Monthly Archives: November 2017
MOOCs, Student Success, and Instructional Design
One of the common problems with online learning and MOOCs is student success and retention. Traditionally, there is a large gap between the success and retention rates of face-to-face and online courses. Just as some students need help in understanding … Continue reading
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Tagged connectivism, elearning, instructional design, MOOCs, Open Pedagogy, retention, student success
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Pacific Northwest OER Directory
This looks like another new and worthy effort coming out of Oregon. If you are interested in Open Education, Open Education Resources (OER), or Open Textbooks, I would encourage you to take a look at the Pacific Northwest OER Directory. … Continue reading
Online Learning Efficacy Research Database
One of the challenges with working with faculty new to online teaching and learning is helping them to understand that learning modality (online or off) is not a factor in student success. Oregon State University is meeting this challenge with … Continue reading
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Impacts of OER in Community College
I appreciate Stephen Downes take on OER – that there should be “no significant difference” between classes taught with OER or commercial text as far as outcomes go. I got into education to see that happen. The impact that I … Continue reading
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Tagged oer, open education resources, open textbooks, OpenEdMOOC, Social justice, Stephen Downes
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Connectivism and Open Education
Vahid Masrour sent out a link to our Open Education MOOC this morning to Mark Weller’s “Openness and Education: a beginner’s guide” and it got me to thinking a lot about Connectivism. Connectivism is the learning theory founded and championed … Continue reading
Thoughts on Open Pedagogy v. OER-Enabled Pedagogy
I think I understand David Wiley’s frustration with the semantics around “Open Education” – it is a very broad term. “Open” means many things to many people as does “education.” I am not sure if “OER-enabled Pedagogy” really addresses the … Continue reading
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Tagged oer, OER-enabled, Open Pedagogy, open textbooks, OpenEdMOOC, pedagogy, semantics
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