Emerging Technologies in Student Learning and the Academic Research Library

Open Learning Technologies

Key Characteristics

• driven by the idea of facilitating continuous, instant access and active engagement with learning objects and resources

• informed by ‘mobile first’ design principles

• open and freely accessible to the world

• self-paced and participatory

M101: Become Digital

M101 in brief

• project leads: Erin Fields and David Vogt

• open online course on digital literacy skills

• open to UBC community, with participants earning UBC-endorsed badges

Links

• M101 Home

• M101 "Mobilizing" Module: Copyright & Creative Commons

• Distributed Health Research Methods (DHRM)

Challenges & Opportunities

Key Challenges

• Cost / Time

• Collaboration

• Digital Literacies

Opportunities

• Partnerships with faculty, staff, and students

• Engaging, dynamic learning environments

• Enduring relationships