2016 OER Robotics 
Bryan Alexander
JANUARY 24, 2016
Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Often in online courses students disappear and drop,” says Barbara Illowsky, dean of basic skills and online educational resources (OER) and a professor of mathematics and statistics at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. I’m hoping this helps them to stay vested in the course as they’re working with their classmates.”
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
A couple of years ago, I was part of a year-end webinar with MindWires’ Consulting’s Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein and one or other of them – I don’t remember now – predicted that 2016 would be a big year for the LMS. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
The business of OER. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” More via The NYT : “Uber Hid 2016 Breach, Paying Hackers to Delete Stolen Data.” TBH, I still can’t remember what Unizin actually is.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 22, 2017
I suspect the spark for them was Bernie Sanders’ proposal during the 2016 presidential campaign, as that clearly resonated with many voters, especially younger ones, and was soon revised and taken up by Hillary Clinton’s team. If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural.
Hack Education
JULY 1, 2016
The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” DOo11lof2f pic.twitter.com/NTi1mCbPOn — CB Insights (@CBinsights) June 30, 2016. ” Rebrand.
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.
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