Educational Technology
Educational Technology Community Group
For BU Staff: The purpose of the Educational Technology Collective is to create a space for staff supporting educational technologies and tools at Boston University to come together and share their knowledge and ideas.
POV: What Comes After a Year Like No Other?
BU’s Associate Provost of Digital Learning & Innovation discusses the events of 2020 and shares his point of view on future innovations in teaching and learning.
Create Open Lessons Online with BU Learning Blocks
Learn about BU Building Block (BULB)—a new WordPress plugin that allows instructors to create open and iterative educational resources within WordPress using the Gutenberg editor.
Explore MATLAB: A Versatile Computational Analysis Platform
DL&I EdTech Focus: Learn about BU’s institutional subscription to MATLAB–a powerful application worth considering for classes or research projects involving data analysis, modelling, and/or programming.
Perspectives on the BU Learn from Anywhere (LfA) Classroom Technology Project
LfA technology functionality is being added to hundreds of spaces across all three campuses. Boston University’s Director of Learning & Event Services Linda Jerrett provides an update on the technology upgrades, highlights projects happening now, and shares a variety of resources designed to support LfA faculty.
5 Reasons To Use Google Jamboard
Learn about the BU-sponsored Google Jamboard technology—a digital whiteboard that allows for remote or in-person collaboration on a shared space.
Learn from Anywhere: Pedagogical Partnerships in a Time of Questions
In this Point of View, Dr. Deborah Breen, director of Boston University’s Center for Teaching & Learning, reflects on learning pathways to support the implementation of the Learn from Anywhere pedagogical model at BU.
Q&A with BU’s John Regan, CGS Director of ePortfolio and Assessment
Digital learning initiatives are happening across the BU campus. This Q&A series highlights innovative ideas, collaborative thinking, cutting-edge perspectives and those leading the digital learning charge. DL&I connected with Regan to discuss the quest to improve the Digication teaching and learning experience at BU; how he became an advocate/voice for use and what is in the Digication portfolio platform pipeline.
2020 EdTech Watch List
Digital Learning & Innovation’s EdTech team compiled a list of technologies to look out for in 2020.
Creating BU’s Future Today: DL&I FY19 Annual Report
Digital Learning & Innovation’s FY19 Annual Report highlights DL&I programs, services and recent accomplishments, features a letter from Chris Dellarocas, DL&I Associate Provost and Richard C. Shipley Professor of Management at the Questrom School of Business, and includes testimonials from BU faculty describing their experiences utilizing new educational technologies in the classroom.