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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Hosting a summer school without a normal summer

Teaching Matters Online Learning

The Summer Cycles were for the cohort of 31 undergraduates students who began their studies here in September 2019. Photo credit: Eoin Carey. In this Spotlight on Remote Teaching post, Argyll Reid and Pete Kingsley, reflect on the opportunities and challenges of creating an online summer cycle programme for Mastercard Foundation Scholars to replace the annual Summer School that was postponed due to Covid-19… The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is a scholarship scheme that supports 2

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Creative Alliances Help Universities Thrivewith Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Mark Scheinberg | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 055

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Creative partnerships and mergers and acquisitions are helping colleges and universities get out of financial crises while also serving students’ needs. One example of this type of partnership involves three higher education institutions -- Goodwin University, Sacred Heart, and Paier College of Art—that are working with the University of Bridgeport to create a partnership.

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Capilano University & Prince George's Community College pivot to online learning

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Universities face numerous challenges in moving to remote learning and they are rapidly trialing new technology, assessment tools and ways of communicating.

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Wikipedia as Learning Technology: Teaching knowledge activism vs passive consumption

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Photo Credit: Mihaela Bodlovic www.aliceboreasphotography.com In this post, 4 th year Classics student Hannah Rothmann describes the work of the University’s Wikimedian in Residence, how Wikipedia is an instrumental step for many students in their learning and the relationship between the University and Wikimedia UK in improving knowledge exchange… Wikipedia is sometimes viewed warily by academics and teachers (see this article for an argument of greater understanding of media and h