Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. But they argue that their new business models—subscription options and inclusive access plans—benefit students and colleges and reduce the cost of course materials thanks to economies of scale.

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Advocacy Groups Pearson Education 118

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. This was justified by the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence to support expanding the use of OER. Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The sense I got is that reducing textbook costs isn’t enough anymore, the advocacy has moved on to eliminating them. For many years now what people call OER advocacy has actually been “zero textbook cost” advocacy. OER advocates may see their national policy work backfire much sooner.

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Policies OER Advocacy Education 83

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It is the newest addition to SETDA’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Collection , available for access in their OER Commons site. “As Microsoft is committed to increasing access to cybersecurity tools to help schools address this challenge. About SETDA SETDA is the principal association representing U.S.

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Resources Microsoft Advocacy OER 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 104

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. Inclusive access has already gotten up to acronym status,” he said.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 138

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 3, 2018

They do unique and valuable work in the Trades and OER. They publish an Open Education Accessibility Toolkit as well as other student and faculty advocacy toolkits. They publish numerous Guides , including guides to OER adaption, using Pressbooks, self-publishing, print-on-demand, and OER authoring.

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OER Advocacy Accessibility Education 74

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 10, 2020

I posted the first installment yesterday, explaining how a fundamental failure to understand copyright makes the definition of OER in the new UNESCO recommendation nonsensical. In this second installment, I want to describe how it appears that many in the OER community have taken their eye off the ball.

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OER Advocacy Course Report 78

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Stephen has posted Four Conclusions on OERs he has drawn from our conversation. My long term goals in advocating for OER are to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners and (2) radically improve access to education worldwide. Let me start with “the goal” of the OER movement.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy. To share open-access resources like these, the initiative is currently seeking proposals to design a digital platform to host materials.

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Policies Study Handbook Advocacy 160

ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I have to say that the conference organizers’ really welcoming attitude towards the involvement of Virtually Connecting showed true commitment to expanding access and openness (thank you Clint Lalonde and David Wiley). Access is an issue. I wrote last week about a global South view of copyright and open access.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

As the title of the document makes explicit, the framework aims to contribute to the conversation about the sustainability of OER: “Toward a Sustainable OER Ecosystem: The Case for OER Stewardship” It’s a valuable contribution to that conversation. I struggle to see how this will be possible.

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OER Company Pearson Resources 74

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

Our digital front doors allowed us to: share and scale our resources ensure the ROI for our purchases leverage a growing number of OER promote collaborative efforts and highlight the work of my classroom teacher partners share our library as part of our school culture through image galleries, video channels, and social media feeds ensure that learners (..)

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Libraries OER Wiki Strategy 145

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There was a lot of discussion at OpenEd17 about the relationship between OER and value-added services like platforms. Most faculty don’t have the technical expertise, the time, or the institutional support to manage their own WordPress installation or do anything more with OER than adopt a free PDF in place of their textbook.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” ” Stephen answers that his goal is access for all, and takes me to task for wanting more. Stephen’s goal is access for all. To me, access for all is a waypoint and not the end point.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

We provide access. These new collections support new literacies and leverage the new bounty of open educational resources (OER) supported by the White House’s #GoOpen initiative, as well as streamed media, and software for creating and sharing powerful, effectively, ethically produced digital stories. April 29, 2016.

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Libraries OER Wiki BYOD 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic! Libraries and Librarians ? Managing Stress ? Math Education ? Microschools ? Mindful Teaching and Learning ? Lifelong Learning ? Music Education

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Patrick Farenga is a leading and unique authority on homeschooling, bringing more than 30 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways.

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

…the true benefit of the academy is the interaction, the access to the debate, to the negotiation of knowledge — not to the stale cataloging of content. When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g.,

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OER MOOC Conference Advocacy 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well. Current funding for the creation of OER (when it’s available at all) typically focuses on the courses enrolling the largest number of students.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” .” Definitely no one I trust more on this topic, no siree. SRI has released a report on “ maker educators.”

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 66

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The governor of Virginia has approved a bill requiring all public higher education institutions in the state to take steps to adopt open educational resources – freely accessible and openly copyrighted educational materials.” ” Via NPR : “ California ’s Higher Ed Diversity Problem.”

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : NYC schools Chancellor Richard “Carranza unveils capital plan with $750 million in fixes for disability access.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 55