Massive Open Online Courses at UBC
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is currently engaged in a research-informed pilot project for developing and delivering free, open access courses to large numbers of students. As part of this...
View ArticleOpen Education Interview
The word “open” has been getting mentioned in conjunction with teaching and learning a lot recently. In a letter to the UBC community sent out at the beginning of the fall term of last year, President...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to Make Teaching More Student-Centered
This is the first article of Open Dialogues, a series on open teaching and open education. Rosie Redfield has been doing science in the open for a long time. For over two decades she has been putting...
View ArticleConference Addresses the Past, Present and Future of Open Education
This November Vancouver hosted the 12th annual Open Education Conference, bringing together hundreds of experts and organizations to talk about open education. Event speakers explored a range of...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to Practice Responsible Pedagogy
This is the second article of Open Dialogues, a series on open teaching and open education. Arthur Gill Green’s interest in open education practices developed early in his career. Green, currently a...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to engage the general public
“A lot of people in urban centres are aware of air quality, water quality. These are absolutely important issues, but so is soil,” said Maja Krzic, Associate Professor of Soil Science in the Faculty...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to make education more accessible
When Claudia Krebs, professor of teaching in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, first thought of making videos for a course in neuroanatomy, her focus was on re-thinking how students are taught in...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to engage with a new generation of learners
If you google “video game law” the first entry directs you to a UBC course website for Law 423B. The course, first taught five years ago, started out as a conventional law course. It was based on a...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to use social pedagogies and the web as an educator
“Scholarly practice is a word that’s usually tied to research and publications, but that doesn’t have to be all that it is. You can also do scholarly practice in more informal ways. You can do it...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to make open content accessible
The open education movement has helped people access content that they would otherwise not be able to view or interact with. Open education resources reduce costs for students and allow for greater...
View ArticleMassive Open Online Courses at UBC
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is currently engaged in a research-informed pilot project for developing and delivering free, open access courses to large numbers of students. As part of this...
View ArticleOpen Education Interview
The word “open” has been getting mentioned in conjunction with teaching and learning a lot recently. In a letter to the UBC community sent out at the beginning of the fall term of last year, President...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to make Teaching more student-centered
This is the first article of Open Dialogues, a series on open teaching and open education. Rosie Redfield has been doing science in the open for a long time. For over two decades she has been putting...
View ArticleConference Addresses the Past, Present and Future of Open Education
This November Vancouver hosted the 12th annual Open Education Conference, bringing together hundreds of experts and organizations to talk about open education. Event speakers explored a range of...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to practice responsible pedagogy
This is the second article of Open Dialogues, a series on open teaching and open education. Arthur Gill Green’s interest in open education practices developed early in his career. Green, currently a...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to engage the general public
“A lot of people in urban centres are aware of air quality, water quality. These are absolutely important issues, but so is soil,” said Maja Krzic, Associate Professor of Soil Science in the Faculty...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to make education more accessible
When Claudia Krebs, professor of teaching in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, first thought of making videos for a course in neuroanatomy, her focus was on re-thinking how students are taught in...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to engage with a new generation of learners
If you google “video game law” the first entry directs you to a UBC course website for Law 423B. The course, first taught five years ago, started out as a conventional law course. It was based on a...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to use social pedagogies and the web as an educator
“Scholarly practice is a word that’s usually tied to research and publications, but that doesn’t have to be all that it is. You can also do scholarly practice in more informal ways. You can do it...
View ArticleOpen Dialogues: How to make open content accessible
The open education movement has helped people access content that they would otherwise not be able to view or interact with. Open education resources reduce costs for students and allow for greater...
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