Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 4, 2024

Many institutions charge students a fee associated with their OER courses as a way of funding the institutions’ OER efforts. For example, Kansas State University’s Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative course fee is a $10 fee that is payed by students in courses that use OER and other free, traditionally copyrighted resources.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 21, 2019

OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. Much of the response to my recent post about the role of practice in learning was utterly predictable. After almost 15 years now, I still feel like I’m just barely scratching the surface of what OER-enabled pedagogy can be. (It’s

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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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

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. For example, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about the future of learning materials writ large. Now, make no mistake – OER is a means, not an end.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

They don’t hate learning – they hate wasting time and energy and effort. “You promise learn. My colleagues in the Open Education Group and I like to say that when you’re considering the outcomes of research on OER adoption, there are “two ways to win.” Students save money and learn more.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

This is not to say that the mobile medium provides a better learning experience ; however, students' work schedules often prohibit them from dedicated time in front of a stationary computer. Most importantly, OER need to be compatible with both the campus LMS and as independent resources that can be shared through a mobile message.

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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 state and territorial educational technology and digital learning leaders. About SETDA SETDA is the principal association representing U.S. For more information, please visit www.setda.org.

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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 13, 2017

[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. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Stephen has posted Four Conclusions on OERs he has drawn from our conversation. One of the things I’ve learned through this discussion is that some might benefit from the inclusion of a brief disclaimer somewhere on my writing. Let me start with “the goal” of the OER movement. ” Our advocacy.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

This post is co-authored with Suzan Koseoglu ( @suzankoseoglu ) who is an academic developer at the Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre at Goldsmiths, University of London. 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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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). If you make it too expensive, colleges are going to look harder at OER,” she said. Who Owns Student Data?

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 146

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. Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative provides for-fee, value-added hosting and customer support services around openly licensed content. Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I realize I only have a biased slice of the conference based mainly around tweeters I know who (I realize now) mostly have similar stances as mine on openness (Phil Hill and Mike Feldstein in their keynote made a good point about how utterly useless this kind of social circle is for advocacy). This is the opposite of a textbook.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I didn’t learn until after the fact that you can write a policy for law that’s really well-intended, but how it gets implemented is the real story.” “I remember when I was elected to be a state senator, I bet I spent the first year figuring out the processes and the nuances of how decisions really get made,” she says. “I

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. It is essential to translate practice in order to communicate with our stakeholders and to support and inspire learning. Whether or not we are planning for a virtual experience in September, it is clear that we need to translate our practice.

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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?” And I want to do it worldwide… Personally, my goal is not to provide less expensive access to the same teaching and learning experience to more people – access and affordability have never been my end game.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

Richardson is a consensus builder, fostering collaboration at the state level, as well as connecting with national organizations like SETDA, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to support shared advocacy efforts.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Chistopher Edmin (Associate Professor at Teachers College Columbia University) uses history, practice and theory to explore education’s most pressing issues: a lack of diversity among teachers, challenges faced by educators of color, and absence of student voice in the learning design process. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our two-month, free, online summit focused on home-based and home-centered learning officially started last week. Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Sign up now: [link] Whether by circumstance or choice, learning at home is now the reality for more students than ever.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

full description) “The COVID-19 Learning Pack” - Yusuf Ganyana - THE COVID-19 LEARNING PACK, LAIBU MKONONI (full description) 2:00 PM (US-Pacific Time) 30-minute concurrent sessions “Launching a Digital Navigators Program at the Library” - Audrey Barbakoff, Ed.D.,

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

full description) “The COVID-19 Learning Pack” - Yusuf Ganyana - THE COVID-19 LEARNING PACK, LAIBU MKONONI (full description) 2:00 PM (US-Pacific Time) 30-minute concurrent sessions “Launching a Digital Navigators Program at the Library” - Audrey Barbakoff, Ed.D.,

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Docente infantil y primaria Stories from the Earth: teaching about changing landscapes using 28 years of satellite observations - Peder Nelson, MS Creating equitable STEM learning opportunities for K-12 girls - Brenda Britsch, Co-Principal Investigator Maps, Math, and Media: Innovative Transdisciplinary Projects in Teacher Education - Melda N.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

Our mission is to transform teaching and learning. School librarians scout and evaluate emerging technologies and introduce them to the entire learning culture, often leading a school’s professional development efforts. School libraries are vibrant, central elements of a school’s learning culture. We provide school-wide ROI.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Some great upcoming (and all free) Learning Revolution events are below. The third annual OZeLive online conference started today with an early keynote by Lucy Gray , "Going Global: Project-Based Learning with a Global Focus," which should already be available in recorded form. Feb 23rd - 28th: OZeLive. Register at [link].

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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. Instructional design is the process of leveraging what we understand about how people learn to create experiences that maximize the likelihood that the people who participate in those experiences will learn.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

These tasks are perfect for learning across the curriculum and especially for librarian-led learning. Among the learning experiences on ten pages packed with lessons are: Civil Rights Movement in Context. What do other sources say? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

That led to him announcing a $10 million fund specifically for learning applications. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Duolingo ’s chatbots help you learn a new language.” It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain! ” Investors seem to love that.

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