The Digital Learning Initiative at Boston University was created to promote use of digital learning
The higher education landscape is experiencing fundamental and disruptive change. The advances in technology and learning research are creating a whole spectrum of alternative modes of blended and personalized online learning, that can complement or substitute the standard ways of teaching college students. MOOCs (massive open online courses), competency-based learning, flipped classrooms, badges
Read our latest blog post by our media productions manager on the importance of scripting all your videos!
Scripting Mooc Videos | Digital Learning Initiative On Sunday, May 22nd I spoke during a “Strategies for Video and Media Development” workshop at the Learning International Networks Consortium hosted at MIT on the topic of how to apply three stages of media production to MOOC making. After a high level overview of what goes into the pre-production, p...
06/02/2016
Learn about "teaching as research!" Follow the link below!
Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching Learn effective teaching strategies and research that supports them, and how to collect, analyze, and act upon evidence of student learning.
05/24/2016
Our newest course, Ethical Leadership: Character, Civility, and Community went live today! Sign up now! https://www.edx.org/course/ethical-leadership-character-civility-bux-leadershipx
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Ethical Leadership: Character, Civility, and Community This course explores theoretical and practical elements of ethical leadership with emphasis on leaders’ personal narratives within social historical contexts. Three specific areas of ethical leadership will be emphasized: morally-anchored character, transformative acts of civility, and a sense of c...
03/17/2016
A student who took our AP Physics 1 course scored a 5 and we couldn't be happier! This is exactly what we aim to do by providing Massive Open Online Courses for the world to enjoy! Learning is beautiful. We wish you the best in your educational endeavors Esther Jose!
Esther Jose: Acing the AP Physics Test with edX Esther Jose, age 16, a high school senior from Chennai, India, contacted us to share her story about how edX courses helped her achieve the highest score (5/5) on the AP physics exam. The school I attend follows the Tamil Nadu State Board of Education, this is a system that primarily emphasizes rote…
02/09/2016
Check out our newest MOOC AP Spanish Language and Culture! Here's a link to our site with more information!
AP® Spanish Language and Culture An interactive Spanish MOOC to prepare students for the AP language and culture exam. ¡Prepárense con nosotros!
02/07/2016
This is the last of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/
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02/06/2016
This is the sixth of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/
https://youtu.be/JqS1YTtisvE
02/05/2016
This is the fifth of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/
https://youtu.be/i9sX44CsoEM
02/04/2016
This is the fourth of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/
https://youtu.be/RBjBmt0pGn0
02/03/2016
This is the third of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/
https://youtu.be/uNRoMaLrBqE
02/02/2016
This is the second of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/
02/01/2016
This is the first of seven videos from the edX Town Hall Session we held at the Hariri Institute at Boston University on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Take a look to learn more about MOOCs, the DLI, and edX. We'll be posting an additional video at this time for the rest of the week! To view them all at once, check out our events page http://www.bu.edu/dli/events/