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.

OER 122

OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. But content is not top on your list.”

Trends 215

Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 215

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 10, 2016

Because I can’t stop thinking about open, I’ve been pondering the relationship between solar power and OER. ”, “How can you sell OER if they’re free? ”, “How can you sell OER if they’re free?”, ”, and “If OER are free, why would anyone pay you?”

OER 60

OER Company Learning Analytics LMS 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Digital badges are intended to signify authenticated knowledge and skills from informal learning environments.

Digital Badges 106

Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 106

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Thirty percent of the company’s revenues come from assessments of one kind or another, which includes professional certification and apprenticeship programs, as well as summative exams. Pearson was recently faulted by New Jersey state officials for a disruption of that state’s assessments.].

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” 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. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.”

Education 47

Education Robotics OER MOOC 47