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Robots Won’t Replace Instructors, 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’

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will then use that information to refine the definition of that original term. BBookX uses artificial intelligence to create OER texts for professors to use in their courses instead of traditional textbooks. BBookX When Sparrow plans her courses, she says she thinks about the “depth and breath” of the materials she’s going to cover.

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

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.

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Hitting Reset, Knewton Tries New Strategy: Competing With Textbook Publishers

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The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Kibby also criticized Ferreira’s highly abstract and “complex” public statements about Knewton’s technology (referencing one NPR interview in which the former CEO called Knewton “ a robot tutor in the sky ”). OER will commoditize education content.

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What Next-Gen Digital Humanities Looks Like

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ODH’s staff, led by Brett Bobley, NEH’s chief information officer, gets part of the credit for that. The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. There’s great new energy in the humanities.” Not a bad investment.”.

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ISTE Librarians’ Takeaways (Crowdsourced)

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I spent my first morning attending the ISTE Equity Action Forum and will be involved in a year-long planning project addressing issues relating to information poverty/privilege. I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” 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. “ Can a New Approach to Information Literacy Reduce Digital Polarization? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Marketplace.

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

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For instance, students didn’t just research information about bees online. They had a bee robot that they learned to program to better understand bee behaviors. While the projects are service-oriented, such as building a pollinator garden and bee hive, the students use digital resources at multiple points to complete the project.