Promoting Hybrid Learning through an Open Source EBook Approach
Educational technology is developing rapidly, making education more accessible, affordable, adaptable, and equitable. Students now have the option to choose a campus that can provide excellent blended learning curriculum with minimal geographical restraints. We proactively explore ways to maximize t...
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| description | Educational technology is developing rapidly, making education more accessible, affordable, adaptable, and equitable. Students now have the option to choose a campus that can provide excellent blended learning curriculum with minimal geographical restraints. We proactively explore ways to maximize the power of educational technologies to increase enrollment, reduce failure rates, improve teaching efficiency, and cut costs without sacrificing high quality or placing extra burden on faculty. This mission is accomplished through open source learning content design and development.
We developed scalable, shareable, and sustainable e-learning modules as book chapters that can be distributed through both computers and mobile devices. The resulting e-learning building blocks can automate the assessment processes, provide just-in-time feedback, and adjust the teaching material dynamically based upon each student’s strengths and weaknesses. Once built, these self-contained learning modules can be easily maintained, shared, and re-purposed, thus cutting costs in the long run. This will encourage faculty from different disciplines to share their best teaching practices online. The end result of the project is a sustainable knowledge base that can grow over time, benefit all the discipline, and promote learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f880ff1758354dee99d32fc9e62cdfd02024-02-03T09:42:59ZengOnline Learning ConsortiumOnline Learning2472-57492472-57302010-11-0114310.24059/olj.v14i3.139Promoting Hybrid Learning through an Open Source EBook ApproachXin BaiMichael B. SmithEducational technology is developing rapidly, making education more accessible, affordable, adaptable, and equitable. Students now have the option to choose a campus that can provide excellent blended learning curriculum with minimal geographical restraints. We proactively explore ways to maximize the power of educational technologies to increase enrollment, reduce failure rates, improve teaching efficiency, and cut costs without sacrificing high quality or placing extra burden on faculty. This mission is accomplished through open source learning content design and development. We developed scalable, shareable, and sustainable e-learning modules as book chapters that can be distributed through both computers and mobile devices. The resulting e-learning building blocks can automate the assessment processes, provide just-in-time feedback, and adjust the teaching material dynamically based upon each student’s strengths and weaknesses. Once built, these self-contained learning modules can be easily maintained, shared, and re-purposed, thus cutting costs in the long run. This will encourage faculty from different disciplines to share their best teaching practices online. The end result of the project is a sustainable knowledge base that can grow over time, benefit all the discipline, and promote learning.https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/139ElearningOpen source learning contentHybrid learningMobile learningUbiquitous learningWeb 2.0 |
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| title | Promoting Hybrid Learning through an Open Source EBook Approach |
| title_full | Promoting Hybrid Learning through an Open Source EBook Approach |
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| title_short | Promoting Hybrid Learning through an Open Source EBook Approach |
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| topic | Elearning Open source learning content Hybrid learning Mobile learning Ubiquitous learning Web 2.0 |
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