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Using Reddit in Higher Education

This story highlights a use case for using Reddit for an online educational technology course at a large university in Canada.

Why use reddit?

Screen Real Estate for Online Learning

What is Screen Real Estate?

The Rocky Romance between EdTech and IT

Having worked in Ed Tech for almost 20 years, there is one thing that keeps coming up on an almost daily basis, a fundamental challenge in the way EdTech is approached and managed, and the philosophy of what technology means in higher education.

The Role of Education in a post-truth world

It’s scary to think that with the rise of what has now become a household word…

What makes a good online discussion?

Let’s talk about discussion spaces.

And let’s be honest about them. They are still the most ubiquitous, easy to engage with and most accessible way of facilitating interaction within an online space.

Social Presence in Online Education

Having taught online for a while now, at the end of each semester, I always take time to reflect…

When is flexible is too flexible?

We all want to give our students flexibility, that’s why we offer online, hybrid, flipped and other models of delivery these days, but the question becomes ‘How flexible is too flexible’?

Social Learning Networks and the end of the LMS

Since the 1980s, the world has had technology that allows for the sharing of information. This is what the internet is built upon. This is what e-commerce literally capitalized on. This is what education has largely failed to do, but is making…