Creating an effective online learning experience that is engaging for students can be a daunting challenge, but with consideration and planning a dynamic educational environment can be created. Crystal Dunlevy, Associate Professor in the School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, took on...
As January comes to an end, Ohio State continues its research to find the best learning management system (LMS) for the university. More than 3,000 student participants are helping the Canvas evaluation team dive deeper into what they learned during the autumn pilot and explore additional...
Imagine a typical experience inside a classroom. An instructor stands at the front of the class lecturing off slides with text, while students type out notes on their computer. Little participation and little interaction. But, what if there were classrooms equipped with the resources to increase...
Want to bring your design to life via 3-D printing? Do you need to print a poster for a class project? Or maybe you want to print your graphically-designed resume in color? You can now do all three at the Stillman Hall Digital Union , where 3-D, poster...
The days of purchasing a clicker for attendance taking or to respond to questions in class are a thing of the past. Meet Top Hat , Ohio State’s student response system, introduced in May 2015...
Are you interested in open educational resources or OER? Curious about how to reduce textbook costs for your students? Perplexed by copyright and creative commons licensing? If you said yes to any of these questions, the ALX Discovery...
The issue? Textbooks are expensive. The solution? Replacing textbooks and other course materials with quality open and low-cost alternatives. Last year we introduced you to David Ernst and the Open Textbook Library . Now, meet the first participants...
The new instructional lightboard is now available for recording at the Denney Hall Digital Union . Stéphane Lavertu, one of our early adopter instructors, shared his thoughts on lecturing with the lightboard.
Steven Johnson, popular science author, PBS television host, and media theorist, delivered the 2015 keynote address at Innovate, our annual conference on learning technology. He sat down with us to talk about how his theories of innovation apply to learning technology and higher education....
