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Digital Learning’s Pioneers Are Cautiously Optimistic

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We know that personalized and adaptive approaches can be effective,” says Norman Bier, director of Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI), which develops adaptive courses that use open educational resources and provide student feedback. But there was no change in their odds of successfully completing a course.

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5 Higher-Ed Innovators Share Challenges, Ideas for the Future of Digital Learning

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She referenced three examples of creative uses by IDEO U students, from Jess in Melbourne, who formed her own in-person local learning circle to employees at an architecture firm in Italy who used a prototyping leader’s guide to help them work on a common project during their weekly happy hours.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

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Student-centered, open learning environments: Research, theory, and practice. Critical thinking, transformative learning, sustainable education, and problem-based learning in universities. Student perceptions of effective teaching traits and strategies. Hannafin, M., Land, S., & Lee, E. Spector, D.