Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Hey #OER gurus, rec’d a question about #CreativeCommons BY-NC license & trepidation re using NC stuff specifically in publicly-funded colleges & universities. Here I reproduce Figure 15 from the report (p. ” Quoting from the report (p. Or just link to original article pic.twitter.com/Xl73yrGABD.

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OER Course Report Data 89

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article). Check out this wonderful magazine for some great K12 educational articles, I will be presenting at Alan November’s BLC in Boston in July. I have three pre-conference workshops that you may want to register for.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The data in the [Linux Foundation’s] Kernel Development report shatter this illusion. The report goes on to explain that contributions to the open source Linux kernel were accepted at a rate of 8.5 contributions per hour over the 400 days covered by the report. Why Commercial Publishers Should Switch to an OER Model.

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OER Advocacy Software Company 89

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report. Related: How to sort the good from the bad in OER. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Jessica Berlinski , Juliette Berg and Maurice Elias contributed to this article.

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OER Outcomes Report Technology 71

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

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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OER Course Company Smartphone 79

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article. How do we deliver better learning experiences to more students?

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Ralyea knows well the challenge of haphazard coordination, having lived it in South Carolina, where he had to work with a standards-based report card. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. This article was modified and published by EdScoop.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 69

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. This article was modified and published by EdScoop.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.) It’s a theme that runs throughout almost every article in this series.“Fake The Thrillist had just published an article on “ The Netflix Prize: How a $1 Million Contest Changed Binge-Watching Forever.”

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Instead of traditional report cards, though, students assemble digital portfolios to show their progress. This article was modified and published by eSchool News and EdScoop. Developing digital portfolios and personalized learning plans: Every student at St. Albans has a PLP, which they help drive throughout their time at the school.

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Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 49

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” 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. National) Education Politics. Her remarks.) ” Spoiler alert: Latinos.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 47

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2016

In fact, in this article I integrate curriculum, PD, and technology together in a way that makes so much sense. After you read this article, I am sure you will appreciate how technology and curriculum really do come together. The nouns could point to numerous OER (Open Educational Resource) sites available on the internet.

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Meeting Technology Education STEM 60

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. You then create a clipboard to organize what you have clipped and then you can share the clipboards with students, colleagues, the public or just keep it for yourself. The process is so simple! link] [link] [link] [link] [link].

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 14, 2015

As page 3 of the report states, this platform is “the first product at Pearson to have an efficacy framework built in from the very beginning,” and the report seems to have been enabled by this integration. Despite claims in the report that the research team includes “PhD-level statisticians” (p.

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Pearson OER Comparison Case Study 60

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Library Technology Reports , 54 (6). AI extra: I couldn’t help spilling this trend over into artificial intelligence (AI) by sharing some of my favorite examples of useful applications: JSTOR Labs Text Analyzer Upload an article, your own paper, an illustration.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs. TEMPLATE: Explore, Explain, Apply SAMPLE: ThingLink Animal Reports. They still have more they could explore, search, etc. through this database. TEMPLATE: Workshop Model SAMPLE: Nonfiction Reading.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. public libraries.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

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 121

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and SETDA.

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Data Report OER Policies 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Report highlights. In addition, the number of schools and districts using OER continues to rise. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Kathy writes the bi-weekly B2B business intelligence newsletter Educational Marketer and works on a number of annual market forecast reports. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Industry 49

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Increasingly, ‘early mover’ districts support OER at a district level, to reflect constraints on teacher time. For example, in the ‘COW Project ’— a collaborative initiative between three of our districts that is profiled here — teams of educators produced new Social Studies and Science unit content entirely from OER.

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Resources Instructional Materials OER Elementary 89

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When you click on an app in the database, you will be taken to an information page that includes an overview, resource videos and tutorials, related articles, free or paid, device requirements, as well as integrations, like Google Classroom. This database is so powerful because it includes detailed information about each application.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

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. Comparing Articles : Students determine whether a news story or a sponsored post is more reliable. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. National) Education Politics. The seller: Book Dog Books.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 45

Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 1, 2016

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in December 2016 and is re-posted here with permission. __ What was hot in educational technology in 2016 and what are some cool new things that are on the horizon for 2017? The Horizon Report is put out each year.

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Chromebook Android Trends OER 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 66

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Politico : “ DeVos : Schools should decide whether to report undocumented kids.” ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Top Hat ’s OER Announcement: Doubling down on faculty engagement.”

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The business of OER. ” And Buzzfeed reports that “Peter Thiel May Be Looking To Buy Gawker.com.”

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. See the top of this article for why that matters. National) Education Politics.

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Education MOOC Company OER 57

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via The LA School Report : “ LAUSD approves $7.5 ” “ Louisiana Becomes First State to Ban the Box,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” “Students’ Rising Expectations Pose Challenge to Online Programs ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 54

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. “Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating,” says The Hechinger Report. National) Education Politics. That is all. Yes, I can.)

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” .” Via NPR : “Under Trump Budget , Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care.” The school in question: Bethune-Cookman University. More court cases in the sports section below.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46