Educators are finding innovative ways of recreating the lab experience remotely and designing skills-based curricula that prepare students for the workplace. Digital modes of teaching will inevitably transform STEM education, but finding the right balance between online and in-person teaching formats presents a unique set of challenges. How universities can design a curriculum that offers …

When the education world shifted online due to the global pandemic, DigitalEd was ahead of the curve. With a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), DigitalEd’s online learning software Möbius produces learning experiences that result in better student engagement. The platform delivers lessons, assessments and interactive learning activities in North America, Europe, Asia …

Since March, universities have made radical changes to the way they teach STEM subjects, not only responding to the challenges of Covid-19, but also taking the opportunity to change and review pedagogical models. A Times Higher Education panel, hosted in partnership with DigitalEd, brought together a group of academics from around the UK who outlined the various …

It’s been a transformative year for the world at large – nowhere more so than for the education sector. How will COVID, distance learning, emerging technologies and the pressing need for digital upskilling continue to define the sector in 2021? Steve Wright asks the experts

The University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics has introduced a new course designed to help secondary school students whose education was interrupted abruptly by COVID-19 sharpen their mathematical skills ahead of commencing their post-secondary education. The new online, skills-based course, MTHEL 199, gives Waterloo’s incoming students extra practice in six branches of mathematics: inequalities and …

Online math lessons for kids and teens developed by the University of Waterloo saw a 200 per cent uptake in student engagement this past school year, especially during the early months of the pandemic. The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) website says it had more than 10 million page views, with almost a third of those …

Interactive learning activities and student engagement are key to successful learning experiences. Burcu Karabina and Amanda Garcia integrated these components when developing MATH 237 for Spring 2020. This course, which has a current enrollment of approximately 600, was originally scheduled to go online in Fall 2020, but launched one term early due to the shift …

Dr. Steven Furino, Assistant Dean for Online Studies in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo wanted to provide students with access to flexible and engaging courses, resources and opportunities to practice mathematics online.To achieve this goal, the University of Waterloo partnered with DigitalEd(link is external), a local software company, to develop a new …

The popularity of digital education has never been more pronounced, with the demand for high-quality competencies and skills at its peak. However, we are still far from unleashing the full potential of this mode of learning.

One of the great challenges for any educator is how do you teach and test students on real-world problems, not just on theoretical textbook examples. Real-world problems are exciting to solve but devilishly hard to assess, especially when many students are involved. Yet that’s just the approach that Mark Schneider is helping lead at NAIT, …