Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2016

The panelists discussed current models of blended learning and provided visual examples of what these models looked like in various schools, classroom structure, open education resources (OER), learning management systems (LMS), creating flipped videos, flipped instruction , workflow, and challenges.

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Blended Learning OER eBook LMS 218

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

His work has shown him that “it will definitely be a more sustainable initiative if it is collaborative—-whether it's OER, open access journals, etc.if OERs are often undervalued compared to their paid counterparts, posited Blake Gore of Vanderbilt University and Tanya Spilovy thinks librarians can help.

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Libraries Digital Learning OER Learning 166

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Makerspaces have moved from fringe initiatives to vibrant components of school culture.

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OER Personal Learning Network Outcomes Blended Learning 298

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

One crucial part of the decision is out of the students’ hands, of course, since it is the professor who decides what textbook or material to assign—or whether to skip commercial textbooks altogether and assign a free or low-cost open educational resource, or OER. I thought it was just as helpful as any other textbook.”

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Company OER Course Libraries 166

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The tech giant began last year by pulling in more than 100 top-level education leaders for a daylong event demoing the tech. Populating the search engine is a collection of more than 1,000 OERs—from sources such as Achieve, UnboundED and statewide orgs like EngageNY—hand-selected by math experts assisting the program.

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OER Elementary Video Tools 167

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

These are OER and ready for you to use.). Increase participation in live events. You can add times you’ll be periscoping and a link and embed it in your class blog or school website to increase participation in your live events! Google Calendar Tips: Always click on the event and double check dates and times.

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Meeting How To OER Google 150

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article.

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

You will discover a wide variety of materials including readings, OER (Open Education Resources), primary documents, textbooks, lessons, activities, interactives, videos, audios, and some great blog readings. OER Commons – What a wonderful place to find open educational resources. There is bound to be something for any teacher.

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Study Classroom OER Education 166

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

These changes usually incorporate new findings in a field of study, or reflect recent events. higher ed courseware (both print and digital) could fall by as much as 5 percent from 2018, attributing the decline to projected lower student enrollments and growing adoption of OER materials. “A It doesn’t matter what a student wants to use.

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Pearson OER Company Knewton 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

That’s because the deal coincides with another momentous event on the company’s horizon—one that Ben-Naim says his team and customers have been preparing for. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. million last year from the U.S.

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Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 146

edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Keys to the OER shift: – Community buy-in: The community wasn’t satisfied with the achievement levels and graduation rates. – Vetted OER materials: For every subject, K-12 teachers have a stockbook of vetted OER lessons. The post Navigating the Shift to OER appeared first on edWeb.

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OER Instructional Materials Policies Broadband 41

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. The Twiter feed shows the buzz around the trending event and it shows school librarians were at the table. But it was clear to our little group, that to the larger majority of the participants, we were not even on the OER radar.

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OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

Overall, the opening day of the 8,000-person education event struck a more modest tone, starting with a trio of educators recounting their stories of interacting with students in schools—and spurring a host of emotions from the crowd including laughter and tears. Still, sustainable ways to fund OER into the future remains an open question.

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OER EdTech Company Data 111

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs).

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Bryan Alexander

MAY 13, 2016

It’s an exciting event, which I’m live-tweeting (hashtag #OERSummit ). For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. A student panel (and why aren’t these mandatory for every education event?)

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

Innovation is not an event; it is an invitation to use your genius to better the world. A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Join me today, February 11th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Wayne Mackintosh on designing an "Open Educational Resources" (OER) university and creating free learning for all students worldwide. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early.

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OER Software Strategy Policies 40

Bryan Alexander

MAY 13, 2016

It’s an exciting event, which I’m live-tweeting (hashtag #OERSummit ). For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. The Departments of Education and Labor announce large, long-term grants to support the creation of OER.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 26, 2017

The conference may be over, but there have been several virtual events continuing the conversation, such as the Virtually Connecting Missed Conversation Towards Openness , led by Christian Friedrich and Kate Green and an OpenEdSIG follow-up webinar organized by Teresa MacKinnon. Upcoming events you may find of interest include: 1.

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OER Learning Conference MOOC 85

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. History” This introduction to United States history covers people, politics, events, ideas, economics, diplomacy, race, class and gender. It covers overarching questions related to the history of the ancient world.

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How To Classroom Common Core Hapara 130

Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. It’s important for learners in K-12 to have updated information, whether it relates to an error being fixed or keeping the information in line with current events. . Affordable for school districts. Easy distribution across a school district.

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Hapara OER Online Assessments Differentiated Instruction 130

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2016

EdSurge CEO Betsy Corcoran sat down with LeBlanc and Rusty Greiff, a partner with 1776, a seed fund and business incubator, at an event hosted by 1776 in Washington, D.C. You get into things like bundling, you think about OER and alternatives to expensive content. . earlier this month. Disclosure: 1776 is an investor in EdSurge.

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Competency Based Learning OER Assessment Company 112

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Join the Digital Learning Network to stay up to date on all events and the latest news for higher ed digital learning leaders! At our next #DLNchat , we’ll discuss Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Ed. Read on through the Storify below to see thoughts from everyone at #DLNchat.

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OER Digital Learning Outcomes Online Learning 84

User Generated Education

JULY 26, 2015

Emergent learning is unpredictable but retrospectively coherent, we cannot determine in advance what will happen, but we can make sense of it after the event. Students anywhere in the world can access OERs at any time, and they can access the material repeatedly ” ( Pros and Cons of Using OERs for Instruction ).

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OER Resources Outcomes Accessibility 120

IT Bill

JULY 13, 2018

The reason sports teams switch sides at half-time has to do with ensuring both teams have an equal advantage in the event one side of the field has a higher slope than the other, or one team maybe faces the sun, or runs against the wind, and so on. The study considered student income, ethnicity, gender, and full vs part-time status.

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OER Resources Education Outcomes 28

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. For one thing, not all OER are created equally good and not all commercial products are at all bad.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Bring back the conference track on Accessibility and OER. Have more concrete sessions on how to find OER and how to put together a course using OER. Provide better access to presenter slides and other materials before and after the event. Have more sessions that encourage doing rather than sitting and listening.

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Survey Conference OER Data 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

National Geographic For Kids – Nat Geo Kids inspires young adventurers to explore the world through award-winning magazines, books, apps, games, toys, videos, events, and this website. OER Commons Science – Check out this great resource that connects to hundreds of other amazing free resources.

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STEM Resources Learning Conference 162

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek brief reported that Amazon Education was beta-testing a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (OER).

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 114

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2011

The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page. To make sure that your computer is configured for Blackboard Collaborate, please visit the support and configuration page.

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Blackboard Resources OER Course 59

Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

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. The mood was positive, especially as OER adoption seems to be rising, reaching <>15% of adoption in some cases. Does OER currenlty exist in the P-12 sector?”

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Trends OER Policies Conference 40

Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

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. The mood was positive, especially as OER adoption seems to be rising, reaching <>15% of adoption in some cases. Does OER currenlty exist in the P-12 sector?”

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Trends OER Policies Conference 40

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Cooperate or Compete What happens when legacy publishers and OER upstarts meet in the same room to talk about a buzzy phrase like the “Netflix of Higher Ed”? Nudge to event organizers: Time to move recognition of women to center stage, too!) Bush, although no journalists were supposed to be in the event. And it was livestreamed.)

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Company Kaplan EdTech Industry 122

K12 Open Ed

MARCH 30, 2017

There is a big slate of resources and events happening this week. Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. And check out our curated list of K-12 open education resources here.

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Education Resources OER 100

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 24, 2016

Topics: OER and more. Then on May 23rd I’m speaking to and with people at an Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities event in Cleveland. Are you attending any of these events? May 13th (yes, a Friday) I’m presenting to t he University of Mary Washington’s open education summit.

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OER Meeting System Technology 41

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 24, 2016

Topics: OER and more. Then on May 23rd I’m speaking to and with people at an Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities event in Cleveland. Are you attending any of these events? May 13th (yes, a Friday) I’m presenting to t he University of Mary Washington’s open education summit.

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OER Meeting System Technology 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Join us today for a great set of final presentations, as well as for our closing celebration: we''ll hear a special message from US Congresswoman Nita Lowey, get reports on the five grassroots projects, announce dates for some special 2014 events, and issue the conference-created Global Education Declaration.

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