Today I was invited to give a keynote presentation at the 9th international e-learning conference of the Thailand Cyber University in Bangkok. The theme of the conference is “MOOCs and beyond”. more »
Tag: "blended learning"
Part of our participation in the EMBED project (European Maturity Model for Blended Education) is the organisation of a couple of training events to share our knowledge and to give you the opportunity to learning about state of the art research and… more »
ECAR does a yearly survey among undergraduate students about information technology. In October they published the results. ECAR collaborated with 157 institutions to collect responses from 13,451 faculty respondents across 7 countries about their… more »
Two weeks ago I attended the F2F kickoff meeting of the recently granted Erasmus+ project EMBED: European Maturity Model for Blended Education. EMBED is a strategic partnership with frontrunner universities in blended education. more »
Op 18 november organiseert E=merge een evement over de implementatie van ICT in onderwijs. Daarnaast wordt er gevierd dat er 3 nieuwe instellingen zich aansluiten bij E-merge. Het E-merge Consortium bestaat nu uit 7 instellingen (vet gedrukt de nieuwe… more »
Earlier this week Joshua Kim published a blog about 5 ways online teaching benefits residential learning. His 5 ways are:
A Chance to Rethink What Should Happen In the Physical Classroom
An Opportunity to Introduce Learning Theory and Pedagogical… more »
So blended learning is becoming an increasingly complex concept, with multiple possibilities and infinite options. Blended is about choice, and about maximising your learning in the modes you find most convenient. Learning in all its forms is a little like the blender in your kitchen. Put in the right ingredients, and use a little effort, and hopefully the result will turn out to be very useful. more »
Today I read about a new initiative of Clive Shepherd about Blended Learning. On campuses around the world there is a lot of attention going to blended learning. Expectations are that it will be the new standard for campus education (replacing the… more »
In September 2013 Arno Smets run the Solar Energy MOOC for the first time. This academic year, he did a rerun of the mooc and at the same time also changed the on-campus course to a flipped classroom. Preliminary analyses showing the positive impact on… more »
This week I'm attending the conference Reimagine Education conference, organised by QS Stars and the Wharton SEI Center. An important part of the conference is the awards ceremony for the first "Reimagine Education" competition.
In total the… more »