Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 23, 2020

I wanted to include a reading summarizing my current thinking on ‘evaluating the impact of OER’ in the course, so I’m letting some thoughts spill out below. In the past I’ve written frequently about how we evaluate the impact of OER use. and more OER impact research should follow that lead. versus 2.6).

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OER Education Course Learning Analytics 183

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Recently I’ve been doing both more thinking and more roll-up-your-sleeves working on continuous improvement of OER. And this process of making OER more effective every semester – also known as “continuous improvement” – is where we see some of the most exciting opportunities to collaborate with faculty.

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OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 122

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tagged on: March 8, 2017 New Solutions—Not Just New Winners—In the Curriculum Marketplace | New America → Innovative uses of OER offer an entirely new way of answering the question of how we solve for inefficiencies in the curriculum marketplace, rather than just advocating for new winners. Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via Politico : “ Elizabeth City State University , UNC Pembroke and Western Carolina University will each offer $500 in-state tuition starting in fall 2018.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” And Google is getting into the whiteboard business.

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