This chapter reviews salient features of the recent widespread adoption of digital educational resources by Higher Education. Although change is ongoing, there are some obvious lessons to learn. First, there is no single blueprint on how digital learning should best be done. A flexible mixture...

Those of us working in faculty development are witnessing increasing institutional dependence upon “solutionism” to solve the myriad problems facing higher education. Focusing on solutions opens a door to corporations and consultants who offer products and ideas to fix what’s “broken.”...

Open educational practices (OEP) encompass the creation and use of open educational resources (OER) as well as innovative approaches to teaching and learning that avail of the affordances of open licensing and provide learners with greater agency. The benefits of OEP include significant cost...

Teaching and learning with and about Artificial Intelligence (AI&ED) has mainly been driven by non-education experts, such as computer and cognitive scientists, operating under external market pressures that have influenced the direction and structures of educational technologies. This paper...

Micro-credentials are an international topic in higher education, policy and industry circles purporting to address employability, lifelong and life-wide agendas through short-form learning. Many higher education institutions and systems are attempting to navigate a path for their...

The Community of Inquiry (COI) is a foundational framework for anybody preparing to teach online. Rooted in a social constructivist view of education, the COI highlights the importance of social engagement and collaboration between learners. It is focused on the key notion of presence - the...

Modes of learning are the variety of ways students can engage in their learning. In its simplest form students can choose a course that is either in-person on campus or online learning at a distance. Developments in technology have provided new opportunities for digital learning, enabling a...

Many universities and colleges aspire to develop more digitally rich courses to meet students’ rising expectations for engaging and flexible learning experiences. Most mainstream faculty, however, lack the design expertise and development time necessary to remodel their programmes. Traditional...