The bell rings at 10:00 a.m. A teacher begins explaining quadratic equations. Some students lean forward, pencils ready. Others stare at the clock. A few are still turning yesterday’s lesson over in ...
Asynchronous learning offers flexibility that can be extremely beneficial for learners, but without real-time interaction, this modality can also create challenges with organization, connection, and ...
Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design. Many institutions now offer effective ...
Whether you're taking a course asynchronously, navigating a large lecture hall, or juggling multiple responsibilities, college learning requires strong habits, self-direction, and proactive engagement ...
In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming ...
The evolution of education has been a fascinating journey, marked by significant shifts in pedagogy and technology. From the ancient Greek philosophers to the modern-day online classroom, one constant ...
Siobhán McPhee receives funding from internal teaching and learning grants within the University of British Columbia. Micheal Jerowsky receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...
It would be hard to imagine higher education in the twenty-first century without educational technology, online learning, and, increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI). While technological tools and ...
Self-paced learning, optional in-person attendance and deadlines voted on by the class are now a staple in Christina Carrasquilla's classes after teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before this, ...