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.

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OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 122

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?”

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OER Company Learning Analytics LMS 60

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

She’s just made the jump from provost to a senior academic innovation fellow, tasked with looking to big new ideas in learning and experimental efforts in both teaching and student success. This conference attracts plenty of venture capitalists and companies in education. Remind people how big the OER effort is at UMUC.

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OER Course Learning Analytics Company 109

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

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. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. It has been mildly entertaining to see many of the MOOC companies making ''discoveries'' of things that we have known for ages (eg that students require support). 2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011.

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MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

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. ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. The student loan company has raised $803.6

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 47