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HyFlex Learning

“Blended” approaches to teaching and learning (sometimes also called “hybrid”) combine in-class discussion and activities with a substantial proportion of online course delivery. Done well, blended courses can combine the... Read more

“Blended” approaches to teaching and learning (sometimes also called “hybrid”) combine in-class discussion and activities with a substantial... Read more

MakerSpaces as Learning Spaces

Makerspaces as Learning Spaces

So-called “maker spaces” are proliferating in campus libraries, but truly effective ones require much more than a 3D printer and some shiny new toys.  This week, Ken Steele chats with... Read more

So-called “maker spaces” are proliferating in campus libraries, but truly effective ones require much more than a 3D printer and some shiny new... Read more

Bringing Science to Life!

Bringing Science to Life: Bonnie Schmidt @ Let's Talk Science

Children are natural born scientists, with an insatiable curiosity and desire to experiment – but studies have demonstrated that somehow, through years of formal education, most teenagers lose their enthusiasm... Read more

Children are natural born scientists, with an insatiable curiosity and desire to experiment – but studies have demonstrated that somehow, through... Read more

Interdisciplinarity & Soft Skills

Interdisciplinarity & Soft Skills in the Age of AI

This week, Ten with Ken visits Fleming College, in Peterborough Ontario, where Ken Steele and president Maureen Adamson discuss the labour market needs of the fourth industrial revolution, and the... Read more

This week, Ten with Ken visits Fleming College, in Peterborough Ontario, where Ken Steele and president Maureen Adamson discuss the labour market... Read more

University vs College?

University vs College? Janet Morrison@ Sheridan

The distinction between 2-year colleges and 4-year universities is becoming increasingly blurred, with the rise of polytechnics, collaborative and dual enrolment programs, postgrad certificates at university and applied degrees at... Read more

The distinction between 2-year colleges and 4-year universities is becoming increasingly blurred, with the rise of polytechnics, collaborative and... Read more

Towards 2028: Classrooms & Technology

Towards 2028: Classrooms & Technology

Ken Steele interviews 12 university presidents and senior administrators about the innovations most likely to transform higher education over the coming decade, for a series called “Towards 2028.” In this... Read more

Ken Steele interviews 12 university presidents and senior administrators about the innovations most likely to transform higher education over the... Read more

Incubators & Accelerators

Campus Incubators and Accelerators

Governments invest in higher education hoping to see short-term economic benefits in the form of job creation, knowledge mobilization, and increasingly, the launch of entrepreneurial new start-up businesses. In this... Read more

Governments invest in higher education hoping to see short-term economic benefits in the form of job creation, knowledge mobilization, and... Read more

Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning

Increasingly careerist students, at colleges and universities alike, are attracted to work-integrated learning opportunities. This week, Ken continues his series on innovations in teaching and learning with a closer look... Read more

Increasingly careerist students, at colleges and universities alike, are attracted to work-integrated learning opportunities. This week, Ken... Read more

Active Learning

Active Learning

Passive learning methods like lectures, readings and demonstrations remain the mainstay in higher ed, but research tells us that active learning approaches can have much more lasting impact on student... Read more

Passive learning methods like lectures, readings and demonstrations remain the mainstay in higher ed, but research tells us that active learning... Read more

The Death of Lecture

The "Death" of Lecture

For more than a thousand years, students have been gathering in lecture halls to listen to the “sage on the stage.” But shorter attention spans, new technologies, and empirical testing... Read more

For more than a thousand years, students have been gathering in lecture halls to listen to the “sage on the stage.” But shorter attention... Read more

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