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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. Automation and robotics are already disrupting the world of work, as we know it. The Internet of Things (IoT) impacts virtually all of us.
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! Here are our slides. it’s an interesting trend.
They had a bee robot that they learned to program to better understand bee behaviors. She also facilitates the members’ professional learning opportunities including planning and implementing the content for SETDA’s virtual and in-person events and newsletters. For instance, students didn’t just research information about bees online.
Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Can robots write our papers, especially when they are able to learn and master our writing styles? Worthington Library in Ohio is using voice assistants for communication about library services and events. Coming in the next post: OER, OA and openness.
events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 See you online!
The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Several participants pointed out limitations on faculty time which block creation and even adoption of OER. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.
Buy them a beer when you see them at an event and thank them for covering the LMS industry so I don’t have to. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) Subscribe to their blog. It’s a theme that runs throughout almost every article in this series.“Fake
” 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. Via The New York Times : “ Stanford History Event Was ‘ Too White and Too Male ,’ Organizer Admits.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!
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Its website touts the “Highlights from Apple’s keynote event.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.”
It’s just a bunch of video-taped lectures for the (offline) “ Startup School ” event that the startup incubator program runs at Stanford (which is really just a series of short talks by entrepreneurs and founders). Microsoft had a media event this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Yik Yak had raised $73.5
At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. But the “spying” has continued. The TED Talk.
Meanwhile on Campus… “ Milo Yiannopoulos , the controversial Breitbart author and public speaker, was scheduled to speak at the University of California, Davis , Friday, but the event was called off amid protests against his appearance,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
” Via The Washington Post : “‘In the event of a nuclear attack’: U-Hawaii ’s curious email to students and staff.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Mattel releases biologically inspired foldable robot bugs.” “Why Do the Boy Scouts Want to Include Girls? .”
Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. No mention of privacy issues, because you won’t get invited to the next launch event if you’re too critical. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
The NAACP endorses OER. Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” More in the courts section above on the charges filed against a person who shot a protestor at a Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of Washington early this year. No neoliberalism here.
” Ed-Tech Events. ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event. Edsurge is also holding an event this week. The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks Wired.
Apple had a big press event this week. ” No mention of how corporations flood these events with their products and pitches. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Seems like it worked out.).
” Conferences and Events. Edsurge on the business of OER. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a. Lots of marketing and PR from SXSWedu : Edsurge on nudges and behavioral economics.
Via the Bleacher Report : “ Georgia Law Will Allow Carry of Handguns at Public University Tailgate Events.” ” Guns will be allowed at more than just sports events, but as US News & World Report observes , “No Storage, Signs on Georgia Campuses as Gun Ban Lifts.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
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