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My high hope: Why not show students how to create with VR and AR? I’ve seen the students in my own school get pretty excited about the robots they’ve built and programmed with code. Office of Education Technology launched GoOpen last year, OERs have gotten a big boost. Not ready to dig through all OERs and curate on your own?
The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. Timothy Powell, an ethnographer at the University of Pennsylvania, introduced a project to link digital humanities work and Native American communities.
Often in online courses students disappear and drop,” says Barbara Illowsky, dean of basic skills and online educational resources (OER) and a professor of mathematics and statistics at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. I’m hoping this helps them to stay vested in the course as they’re working with their classmates.”
Via Techcrunch : “ Parenting Hero helps parents figure out how to talk to their kids.” ” The New York Times promotes what it thinks are “ The Best Toys That Teach Kids How to Code.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.”
” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ). Solvable Challenges (“Those that we understand and know how to solve”) include “Authentic Learning Experiences” and “Improving Digital Literacy.” We can solve these.
” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ). Solvable Challenges (“Those that we understand and know how to solve”) include “Authentic Learning Experiences” and “Improving Digital Literacy.” We can solve these.
They had a bee robot that they learned to program to better understand bee behaviors. During her time in the makerspace, she learned how to design and create keychains to sell at local veterinarians’ offices and at fundraisers. For instance, students didn’t just research information about bees online. Supporting school activities: St.
Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.
Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.” ” “Just how polarized are we about reading instruction ?
” 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 : “ Karlie Kloss Teaches Teenage Girls How to Code.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
Via Buzzfeed : “ Bill Cosby Is Going To Educate People On How To Avoid Sexual Assault Allegations.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think.” Via Edsurge : “Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think.”
” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Top Hat ’s OER Announcement: Doubling down on faculty engagement.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ The 74 Explains: How to Teach Your Baby Grit.” Via The Atlantic : “The Future of AI Depends on High-School Girls.”
The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” Rebrand. .
” Testing, Testing… Via Edsurge : “How to Overcome Apathy and Disillusionment When Standardized Tests Fail Kids.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan.
The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.” a month.). .” No neoliberalism here.
Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. ” “How to Ungrade ” by UMW’s Jesse Stommel. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.
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. Via NPR : “Here’s How To Prevent The Next School Shooting , Experts Say.” GradTouch has raised ~$1.3
This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
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. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones.
“[Senator Lamar] Alexander and [Secretary of Education John] King disagreed on how to enforce the new law governing Title I. Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Yes, the department is now on GitHub. .”
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