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I recently had the honor of traveling to the MIT campus in Boston and participating in a panel discussion on Open Education Resources (OER) at The Sixth Conference of MIT''s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) with three illustrious advocates of these open resources: Nicole Allen, Philipp Schmidt, and panel moderator Steve Carson.
He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the commoncore. John Fallon CEO, Pearson.
Using OER is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. Right away, we saw an opportunity to look across the diverse set of readings and videos (using closed caption data) to create coherent vocabulary for BHP, including student activities, to help the learners get the most out of the content.
Those in the puppy camp argued, with good reason, that free curricula and OER content were hardly free once the related costs and risks were factored in. So the discovery, vetting, and alignment costs inflicted upon the teachers and districts that would try to embrace free and OER content would remain high.
Lessons are aligned to CommonCore Standards and explore real life questions. Curriki Algebra – This is an Open Education Resource (OER) Algebra course that consists of five units aligned to the CommonCore. WolframAlpha – This is an amazing search engine based on data and mathematics.
Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).
That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?
Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. In the last few posts we discovers nouns that could uncover OER (Open Education Resources) and verbs that could lead to important digital tools that allow for process development. Past Series Articles.
He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER. This could work by using government-provided or other sources for course content, out of which we get live data. Does OER currenlty exist in the P-12 sector?”
He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER. This could work by using government-provided or other sources for course content, out of which we get live data. Does OER currenlty exist in the P-12 sector?”
The App Hub is dedicated to bringing transparency to developers’ data and accessibility policies, and to help decision-makers find information about apps to meet the unique learning goals and policies of their school districts.”. ASSISTments will give students and teachers actionable data and save valuable time.
For this reason, many educational standards, including the CommonCore, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools. This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy."
backlash , in the words of Education Week’s Benjamin Herold, “echoes previous battles among various teachers’ union factions over highly politicized issues such as the CommonCore State Standards and standardized testing.”. least likely to be automated of 19 job sectors, based on data from the U.S. This is a mistake.
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.
” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks CommonCore , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.
According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On CommonCore Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via Mindshift : “What’s At Risk When Schools Focus Too Much on Student Data ?” Remember Richard McKenzie? ” Hackers, man.
Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the CommonCore in a video. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via the Sunlight Foundation : “A look at local education data policies.”
. “Schools across the country are about to be held accountable for student attendance – attaching stakes to a measure that previously had much less significance and increasing the risk that schools will try to manipulate that data,” according to Chalkbeat’s Matt Barnum. ” Immigration and Education.
. “The Education Department is unlikely to be eliminated, particularly by a bill that declines to specify who or what would take over its $68 billion annual budget and the functions of data collection, oversight, civil rights enforcement and student aid, among others.” “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?”
” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ CommonCore ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” danah boyd has announced that she’ll be stepping down from running her research organization Data & Society. “Blame Big Data.” The new executive director: Janet Haven.
That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.
” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”
Testing, Testing… “ CommonCore testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.” ’ ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.
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