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Open Source University: The Worlds Academic & Career Development Ledger

Open Source University The OS.University decentralized platform bridges the gap between businesses and education through blockchain (used for validating and verifying learners’ credentials) and smart contracts(managing content purchases, marketplace transactions and hiring processes). We apply open source technologies and principles of collaboration to re-engineer the current-state educational model by building a system to enable smarter […]

UK higher education institutions’ technology-enhanced learning strategies from the perspective of disruptive innovation

The publication of institutional strategies for learning, teaching and assessment in UK higher education is practically ubiquitous. Strategies for technology-enhanced learning are also widespread. This article examines 44 publically available UK university strategies for technology-enhanced learning, aiming to assess the extent to which institutional strategies engage with and accommodate innovation in technology-enhanced learning. The article […]

Exploring lecturer engagement with the VLE [Virtual Learning Environment]: findings from a multi-college staff survey

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are important infrastructure and digital educational spaces that are widely used. The lecturers’ voices on VLEs and their use were not adequately captured in the #VLEIreland project. Therefore, following the development and piloting of a questionnaire consisting of a common set of questions, lecturers were surveyed across seven Irish higher education […]

‘Lessons Learnt’: the student view in the #VLEIreland [Virtual Learning Environment] project

This paper offers an overview of general results and of longitudinal aspects of the data collected to date from student populations which generated from the #VLEIreland project. We argue how results shed light on common misconceptions around VLE usage, and what VLEs can offer from a pedagogical perspective. Building on previously published research results; this […]

Finding creative processes in learning design patterns

Bridging the gap between theory and practice in higher education continues to be problematic for educators. One potential means of addressing this problem and moving practice forward is to articulate and share learning designs created from the work of exemplary practitioners. This study offers a new representation of learning design which foregrounds creative processes. The […]

Identifying the characteristics of support Australian university teachers use in their design work: Implications for the learning design field

Quality teaching is a strategic objective for universities; thus, there is an expectation that university teachers design high quality learning experience for their students. The field of learning design has developed over the past 15 years as a way to support teachers in their design work. There has been significant research and development work that […]

Reggie Smith is CEO of United States Distance Learning Association

The 2009 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) winner for Community Service has been named CEO/Executive Director of the United States Distance Learning Association. USBE Information Technology Dr. Reggie Smith III Short Bio

Faculty Development and the ID2ID Program

Instructional designers have a unique opportunity to dive into the intersection between their discipline and faculty development in order to make significant contributions to teaching and learning at their institutions. EDUCAUSE Review

To balance innovation with protecting students, focus on incentives

Online education is growing fast—but it’s hampered by clunky regulations and outdated definitions. Modernizing regulation is, in part, about stripping away burdensome regulation, but Congress also must focus on aligning institutional incentives with student outcomes eCampus News