Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Course Design is an extremely timely and popular topic. HyFlex courses are multi-modal courses that combine online and classroom-based students. This design allows for students to have the freedom and ability to choose which mode to … Read more
While being a popular search term, ‘Zoom fatigue’ is not a clearly defined concept, but rather a self-attributed state of mental exhaustion. As Fosslien and West (2020) stated ‘you’re more exhausted at the end of your workday than … Read more
Artificial Intelligence is a “high potential” trend in the 2020 Innovating Pedagogy Report (read the report summary). The first post in this series provided a background of artificial intelligence in education. This post will outline three goals of … Read more
As part of the 2019 special issue ‘Design Thinking for Education’ in the DeGruyter open access journal ‘Open Education Studies’ the author quartet Gnanaharsha Beligatamulla, Janice Rieger, Jill Franz, and Megan Strickfaden present a qualitative study investigating educators … Read more
Infographics visualize topics and data in a compact format, and are of growing importance for learning material and editorial media. The carefully crafted design of icons, arrows, symbols and numbers is visually appealing. Cloud applications such as … Read more
As noted last month, it is time once again for the yearly dose of “innovative pedagogy” in the form of The 2020 Innovating Pedagogy Report. This year’s report is a collaboration between researchers from the Open University and … Read more
“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.” Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader. Bringing a story to life Increasingly, creative app developers, visual artists, authors and publishers are pushing beyond the boundaries of how we “experience” reading. … Read more
In August 2019, Mozilla announced that it is retiring its Open Badges Backpack platform and moving all user accounts to Badgr, a platform created by the company Concentric Sky (CSky). CSky was the lead author of the Open … Read more
“Wonder is a state of radical attention and openness to the world around us.” Caspar Henderson – A new map of wonders – a journey in search of modern marvels The Innovating Pedagogy Report 2019 (The Open University in … Read more
In the past, higher education pedagogy has been built largely on the framework of a single knowledgeably expert speaking while others quietly listen and learn. Listening and silence are seen as positive in brick and mortar education, signaling … Read more