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In their work, academics build on the research of their peers, but when it comes to pedagogy, this is not always so. This selection of essays hopes to contribute to changing that by exploring how we learn through digital media; the authors ask how both ready-at-hand proprietary platforms and open-source tools can be used to create situations in which all learners actively engage each other and the teacher to become more proficient, think in more complex ways, gain better judgment, become more principled and curious, and lead distinctive and productive lives.

Podcasts from Anthropology and Canadian Studies classes in downtown Victoria with aim to develop entirely free sets of curricula that are generated by and through community conversation.

A learning and research environment based on Yochai Benkler's book, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

working towards a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all.

online radio programme offers insight and inspiration by revealing how universities and colleges, with the help of digital technologies, are addressing key challenges in teaching, learning and course management.

A hub for research data and OER excellence in practice

DERN is a network for, leaders, researchers and educators interested in the use of digital technologies for learning. Users of DERN may have an interest in ICT, media, pedagogy, emerging technologies and related areas and are probably well briefed in the area of elearning research, as well as scholars seeking details about what research has been done, possibly for their own research purposes.

""Z Degree" - "z" for zero textbook cost - to ease the pain of soaring textbook costs for college students."