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"a community of advanced network users, developers, visionaries and champions, together with an online space where they can share information and discuss issues impacting the community. Through this blog, we hope to enhance the visibility of Canada's advanced network alliance and the uses and benefits of advanced networks in the research, education and innovation communities."

"Characteristics and potential of Github for Education"

"Project Kaleidoscope is implementing a set of fully open general education courses across eight colleges serving predominantly at-risk students. The project will dramatically reduce textbook costs and allow collaborative improvement of course design to improve student success."

"Lumen helps educational institutions reduce textbook costs and improve student success using open educational resources and learning analytics."

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

This paper provides a brief review of blended learning as a didactic method, and discusses the issues and challenges of using blended learning models in post-secondary education. Blended learning refers to mixed modes of instruction that combine traditional face-to-face classroom teaching methods and online learning materials. The paper will address challenges faced by large classrooms with a diverse student body, and the ways blended learning models can help alleviate those concerns (i.e. technologically savvy students, the need for course scheduling flexibility). In addition, a case study of blended learning in higher education in the context of a unique first year Introductory Psychology program at McMaster University will be discussed. Lastly, the important learning benefits offered by blended learning systems, along with the potential barriers to their implementation will be addressed.

An Avalanche is Coming sets out vividly the challenges ahead for higher  education, not just in the US or UK but around the world. Just as we've  seen the forces of technology and globalisation transform sectors such  as media and communications or banking and finance over the last two  decades, these forces may now transform higher education. The solid  classical buildings of great universities may look permanent but the  storms of change now threaten them.

Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice

As we continue to discuss important issues such as access, affordability, and personalized learning in higher education, we would be helped by having a richer understanding of the changes that are already occurring. I would like to offer a more descriptive view to capture the growing number of approaches enabled by educational technology. The following is certainly not exhaustive, since the field is rapidly changing. In addition, not all of these models will end up thriving in the long term. My intention is simply to describe some of the primary models and ideally to reduce some of the confusion evident in public discussions.

"Exploring the benefits of Open Educational Resources for media education. Coventry Open Media Classes is a JISC funded project giving open access to educational resources, networks of subject specialists, professional practitioners and learning communities"

"Expansion of Prior Learning Assessments"

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.

UCOSP brings together students from coast to coast to work together on joint capstone projects. Students learn first-hand what distributed development is like. Each team has students from two or three schools, and uses a mix of agile and open source processes under the supervision of a faculty or industry lead.

The Office of Open Learning seeks to work in partnership with colleagues across the University in all Faculties, the Centre for Teaching and Learning, the Library, Information Technology Services, and other appropriate units to develop opportunities for students to engage in high quality open and online learning.

A hub for research data and OER excellence in practice