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OER for Precedent

CourseArc

Caitlin co-hosted an informative webinar, “Finding and Using Openly Licensed Content” where she discussed the importance of open access and open education and how to find and use openly licensed content for accessible teaching and learning. . Much of this work is also focused on open access and its benefits to researchers.

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Expressing creativity

Learning with e's

It has been quite a long time since my last blog post (more than 6 weeks!). There are several reasons for this, but perhaps the most important one is that I have been spending my time writing. I'm used to writing academic content, papers, conference papers, keynote speeches, chapter for books, peer reviewed journal articles.

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Engaging online learners 1

Learning with e's

There are many, many ways to do this of course, and in this series of blog posts I will aim to explore a few methods that I have tried with success in engaging my own students. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. Unported License. Let's start with collaborative online spaces. Wheeler, S.

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Which eBook Format is Most Suitable for Text Heavy Books?

Kitaboo

In this blog, we answer this question and also deconstruct the advantages and limitations of this format to help you make an informed choice. These include novels, research-based reports, journals, essays, and nonfiction books. However, publishers grapple with a common question: Which eBook format is most suitable for text-heavy books?

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Seriously.

Learning with e's

Thank you to all those who read and commented on my blog post on April 1st. I''m not really going to stop blogging. Hopefully I succeeded - albeit in a tongue in cheek way - to illustrate that blogging is never easy, but it can have great rewards. Others are profoundly affected by harsh comments on their blogs.

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The Future of Educational Materials: Adapting to the Digital Era

Kitaboo

It took about 50,000-60,000 years for a writing system to be developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BCE. These include digital textbooks, videos, smart boards, online journals, educational games, teacher guides, lesson plans , workbooks, podcasts, etc. To know more, write to us at KITABOO@hurix.com.

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Engaging online learners 2

Learning with e's

Photo from Pxhere In my previous blog post I remarked that engaging learners can be difficult in any context, but is often harder in online environments. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing.

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