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Study finds "blended" or "hybrid" learning is at least as effective-possibly more effective-than traditional university courses with three hours weekly of face-time with professors.

Allen G. Sens (Ph.D, Queen's) specializes in international relations, with a research and teaching focus on international security. He has a particular interest in armed conflict and conflict management, and maintains research agendas on peace operations, peacebuilding, European security, and Canadian foreign and defence policy. Dr. Sens is currently Chair of the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee. He is also currently serving as a Special Advisor to the Provost and Vice President Students. Allen Sens is also co-coordinator of the Terry Project, and is a co-teacher of ASIC 200, an integrated Arts/Science course in global issues. He is a graduate of the UBC Certificate Program in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. In 2003, Dr. Sens was a recipient of the UBC Killam Teaching Prize.

"How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan and Review of the Literature"

Video series addressing topics in online, distributed learning from Indiana University.

ACCESS-ed: Promoting Universal Design in Higher Education

Learning is a central focus of the Athabasca University e-Lab.  Discover many digital research tools and online resources in the e-Lab.

"In this model, the online content is generally " wrapped" with some face-to-face class time by a local instructor, who can facilitate discussion, answer questions, ensure that students are making progress, and possibly augment the course with additional content and/or assessments."

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

2012 Alberta-British Columbia Managing Online Learning Survey Report (PDF)

This paper locates the notion of technological revolutions in the Neo-Schumpeterian effort to  understand innovation and to identify the regularities, continuities and discontinuities in the process of  innovation. It looks at the micro- and meso-foundations of the patterns observed in the evolution of  technical change and the interrelations with the context that shape the rhythm and direction of innovation.  On this basis, it defines technological revolutions, examines their structure and the role that they play in  rejuvenating the whole economy through the application of the accompanying techno-economic paradigm.  This over-arching meta-paradigm or shared best practice 'common sense' is in turn defined and analysed  in its components and its impact, including the influence it exercises on institutional and social change. 

"Let's stop looking to technology for everything or nothing. Instead, let's think about what technology could look like, and figure out how to deploy it to make the world better for students and to use our way-undervalued teachers' time and energy more wisely."

Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice

Open Tapestry is all about discovering, adapting, and sharing learning resources, whether you're a teacher, an instructor, a professor, a corporate trainer, a learner, or just a curious mind!

Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility (PDF)

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