Co-creating OER in seven different patterns
Sourcing or creating teaching materials of good quality takes time - time that individual educators often cannot spare. Turning to traditional publishers, which provide copyrighted materials guarantee …
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How to incorporate open education in your course
In the last few years, open education has quickly gained momentum. But with its success, challenges arise. Educators turning to open education often feel overwhelmed or don’t know where to begin. So, …
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Five characteristics to identify whether learning resources are open
Because of its positive image, OER became a buzzword in the educational field and as a result many resources call themselves 'open' while lacking fundamental characteristics. Sometimes one might even …
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Grasple and OpenStax are now partners
After adapting their learning materials for years, Grasple is now officially a partner of OpenStax: Rice University’s educational technology initiative and leading publisher of open educational resour …
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How to create interactive exercises for Vector Calculus
When it comes to math, there are strong indications that traditional lectures and simply ‘instructing’ students do not suffice. Vector Calculus is no different[1]. To help students fully grasp vector …
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Understanding and implementing remote active learning in 2021
Picture this. You’re giving an online lecture about Linear Algebra to a group of first-year engineering students. When you’re about to explain more about invertible matrices, you notice that most of y …
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TU Delft releases 535 open exercises on Linear Algebra!
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and Grasple have worked together to make Linear Algebra content available to everyone for free. 535 online exercises have been made available under a Creative …
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A solution for training problem solving?
Ranging from math exercises, to engineering problems and doing proofs, training students in solving math problems can be challenging. If you teach math or statistics, you will certainly recognize this …
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In-Class Experiment: Cola Tasting
“Who think they can taste the difference between regular and diet coke?”
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