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I wanted to include a reading summarizing my current thinking on ‘evaluating the impact of OER’ in the course, so I’m letting some thoughts spill out below. In the past I’ve written frequently about how we evaluate the impact of OER use. and more OER impact research should follow that lead. versus 2.6).
Recently I’ve been doing both more thinking and more roll-up-your-sleeves working on continuous improvement of OER. And this process of making OER more effective every semester – also known as “continuous improvement” – is where we see some of the most exciting opportunities to collaborate with faculty.
By definition, open educational resources (OER) are licensed in a manner that gives you permission to change, update, and improve them. Learninganalytics, on the other hand, can provide great insight into where course materials – including OER – are not effectively supporting student learning.
The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design.
Because I can’t stop thinking about open, I’ve been pondering the relationship between solar power and OER. ”, “How can you sell OER if they’re free? ”, “How can you sell OER if they’re free?”, ”, and “If OER are free, why would anyone pay you?”
She’s just made the jump from provost to a senior academic innovation fellow, tasked with looking to big new ideas in learning and experimental efforts in both teaching and student success. The rub with OER, though, is that some people feel these free materials aren’t as good as published textbooks. This was huge. We went big.
“learninganalytics” give you information about what needs improving in your course but doesn’t give you permission to make the changes. ? to do continuous improvement in education, you need OER (permission to change) plus analytics (info about what to change).
Malcolm draws on those to illuminate the titular six: device ownership and mobile-first; the textbook and open educational resources (OER); adaptive learning technology; learning spaces; the next-generation learning management system (LMS); and learninganalytics and integrated planning and advising services (IPAS).
Fallon argued—as many providers of commercial materials have—that OER can provide benefits to some schools, but that commercial resources will continue to have value because of the tech-based enhancements, in analytics and adaptive learning and other areas, that they offer beyond academic content.
blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think we are entering a phase of many different technologies becoming more sophisticated and more integrated into education eg mobile learning, social media, learninganalytics. 2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011.
So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books. Learninganalytics. Adaptive learning systems. Two that shine are OER/open books and learninganalytics. Digital badges. underwhelming.
” 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. ” “ OER , CARE , Stewardship, and the Commons” by “Econproph” Jim Luke. Government Will Travel to Latin America.”
More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learninganalytics ” by Tony Bates. .” “ $80 Million Hack Shows the Dangers of Programmable Money.” ” “ Blockchain Company’s Smart Contracts Were Dumb.”
Tagged on: March 8, 2017 New Solutions—Not Just New Winners—In the Curriculum Marketplace | New America → Innovative uses of OER offer an entirely new way of answering the question of how we solve for inefficiencies in the curriculum marketplace, rather than just advocating for new winners. Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.
” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learninganalytics.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Bloomberg : “Baby’s First Virtual Assistant.” “The New Gold Rush?
Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of LearningAnalytics.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. .” Also via The Chronicle : “At Educause Meeting, IT Professionals Discuss Misconceptions on Campuses.” ” From Edsurge : “Invasive or Informative?
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. As we move forward with new technologies in learninganalytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals.
This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” “ Key Tensions in the Field of LearningAnalytics ” by Bodong Chen. See also: Peter Thiel versus the First Amendment in the “courts” section above. OpenStax has been striking a lot of vendor deals recently, no?
Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” ” “What You Need to Know About LearningAnalytics ,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”
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