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Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.
Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” Via Wired : “Impatient With Colleges, Employers Design Their Own Courses.” Of course, the Republicans in Congress will probably still push this idea forward even knowing that it doesn’t work and has unforeseen consequences.
Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information.
This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency.
This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency.
It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data.
Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges. Tech CEOs visited the White House to talk about “modernizing” a.k.a.
Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” “ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.
DeVos, of course, was a stakeholder in the student loan startup SoFi. ” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” Via The Hill : “The ethics case against Betsy DeVos.”
"This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5
That’s not the story that DeVos wants to tell, of course.). ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. million total.
.” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” (In Cleveland.).
” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. Edsurge on the business of OER. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” Via Edsurge : “?In
Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” IBM partners with Pearson.
Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” ” University of Colorado Denver students can earn college credit by taking courses at the coding bootcamp Galvanize. More on DeVos’s ed-tech investments in the research section below.
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