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Since early 2020, the challenges of the en masse shift of in-person courses to online and more blended learning experiences in higher education came hand and hand with tremendous stress for students, facul... Read More

After transforming the sphere of teaching and learning within the 2000s, the effects of a fast-moving world of digitalization have especially impacted the field of university assessments. In German higher ... Read More

What are they? Micro-videos are short videos. How short? Often very short, 15 seconds on TIKTOK, Twitter at 2 mins max, up to 6 minutes or so at most. There is no absolute rule here but the research sug... Read More

OEB21 Opening Keynote speaker and Internet pioneer Marleen Stikker: “We have to help young people understand that the Internet can be designed differently”. As Founder of Waag and Professor of Practice ... Read More

The Founder of Class Central, a search engine and reviews site for free online courses, describes his MOOC experience back when MOOCs were at their peak popularity. Dhawal Share states: As I’m writing this,... Read More

Lahti is a growing, medium-sized city in southern Finland (and Europe’s Green Capital in 2021!) with three universities. The city is committed to supporting its  universities and offers the institutio... Read More

For many students, especially undergraduates, it is a steep learning curve to become confident and competent in conducting academic research. In this article and during my presentation at OEB21, I shall sh... Read More