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Online Learning News – March 21, 2018

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Quick Fact Check!

Discover the ten key facts about blended learning in an easy to digest format. Each fact is supplemented with links to worldwide resources extending and deepening the core ideas.

Find out how blended learning helps facilitate student engagement and interaction.

Ten Key Facts About Blended Learning is the first in a series by Contact North I Contact Nord on current and emerging tools driving online learning such as learning analytics, artificial intelligence, and online proctoring.

Explore Ten Key Facts About Blended Learning here.

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Building a Partnership of 13 Colleges and Research Institutes for Higher and Further Education at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland

The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in Scotland comprises 13 colleges and research institutes offering higher and further education. The innovative structure and strategies for academic leadership and governance created for UHI highlight a regional structure with local focus, learning offered in multiple formats, faculty collaboration and institutional design innovation.

Read the full story here 

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This Contact North I Contact Nord series, Open Education Resources (OER) Applications from Around the World, explores thirteen examples of how OER are developed, integrated and used for teaching, learning and organizational change.

Two applications from the western US highlight collaboration and access.

A Mathematics OER Implementation at Scottsdale Community College, Arizona, USA

The California Open Online Library for Education (COOL4Ed) at California State University, California Community Colleges and the University of California 

 

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Les Learning Analytics : Mode ou Opportunité ?

Contact North | Contact Nord’s special series of 11 Insight Reports on the latest topics and trends in online and distance learning from leading experts around the world is now available on teachonline.ca

In this Insight Report, the contributions of ‘digital’ to higher education are outlined by author, Dr. Anne Boyer, before she turns her attention to the applications and effectiveness of learning analytics, exploring both faculty and student points of view. This report stresses the key role of institutional support and integration for the successful adoption of learning analytics.

Read the full report here

 

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Searchable Directory of 75+ EdTech Start-Ups

Contact North I Contact Nord’s searchable directory of 75 + EdTech Start-Ups includes companies developing communication / collaborative tools, learning management systems, and online tutoring, student assessment, and presentation / delivery tools. 

Explore the directory 

 

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OLC INNOVATE 2018

April 18-20 in Nashville, Tennessee

Although you may be unable to travel to Nashville to network at OLC Innovate 2018 (April 18-20, 2018) in person, did you know you and your entire institution can attend virtually?

With individual, group, and unlimited packages available, you can save on your travel budget and still view the top presentations from the conference at your convenience. Ask questions of the speakers via our session chair, chat with other attendees about sessions as they happen, plus have unlimited access for your entire team! 

Let OLC bring the conference to you!

https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/attend-2018/innovate/register/#virtual 

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eCampusOntario Post-Secondary Course Resources Survey

Open until Friday, March 16, 2018.

Are you currently teaching a post-secondary course in Ontario? We want to hear from you!

eCampusOntario wants to learn more about how Ontario educators currently select and use course content and textbooks in their teaching and learning in order to get a better sense of the level of awareness related to the use of open educational resources (OER) in Ontario. As part of our learning, we are conducting a province-wide survey about course resource selection and use.

All survey analysis will be publicly available through an open license. If you have any questions about the research, please contact Jenni Hayman, Program Manager at jhayman@ecampusontario.ca 

Click here to participate in the survey

 

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Transforming Education Through Open Approaches

April 24-26, 2018 – Delft, The Netherlands

The Open Education Global Conference is where the world meets to discuss how open education helps us achieve universal access, equity, innovation and opportunity in education. The OE Global conference is the most internationally diverse conference devoted exclusively to open education, attracting researchers, practitioners, policy makers, educators and students from more than 35 countries to discuss and explore how open education advances educational practices around the world.

More information here 

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