Company OER Robotics 
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Now the company has pivoted, and it is poised to formally announce its own online courseware that will compete head-to-head with those publishing giants.
NeverEndingSearch
JULY 1, 2019
I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! It has always been the case that companies that play nicely with others win.
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Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 15, 2015
They lack what Giant Robot Dinosaur calls a Minimum Viable Personality. OER make it possible for us to contextualize our resources and customize our pedagogies to support more effective learning, but they don’t do the work for us. For example, take teaching materials about the Ruby programming language.
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.
NeverEndingSearch
MARCH 17, 2019
Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Companies are investing in immersive technologies. Can robots write our papers, especially when they are able to learn and master our writing styles? Coming in the next post: OER, OA and openness. The first of my shares was on AR/VR/MR with a sprinkling of AI.
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. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!
Edsurge
DECEMBER 22, 2017
Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon. Looking ahead to 2018, here are three predictions: First, we will probably see more work on the many ways automation (AI, robotics, etc.)
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