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Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. Windows 10 Cloud appears to be Microsoft's attempt to compete.
Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. Windows 10 Cloud appears to be Microsoft's attempt to compete.
That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?
It’s a topic that I’ve been thinking about recently, particularly with yesterday’s revelation that Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation. ”, you declare, “the overwhelming majority of OER in the world are licensed in ways that permit commercial use, so what’s the problem?” “But wait!”,
Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. This panel asks how this technology might expand the walls of the classroom—or isolate students from the learning environment. and insights into how edtech can help schools support individualized learning.
As such these companies – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and the like – are the most significant education companies. And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalizedlearning.” Pearson is Not a Platform.
Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. Types of OER you can develop for K-12. Why you should develop OER for K-12.
And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. professors enjoy academic freedom to select their own course materials, it can take a lot of personal persuasion to convince each to try teaching a new text.
” 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. “ Does tech designed to personalizelearning actually benefit students? Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “First Ed-Tech Trade Mission by U.S.
” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalizedlearning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. ” What could possibly go wrong?
“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive PersonalizedLearning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.”
Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalizedlearning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Microsoft had a media event this week. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.
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. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalizelearning,” as well as to surveil students.
The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. month gives you a “personalizedlearning plan.”
Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Emmersion Learning has raised $600,000 from Zylun Global and Access to Education.
” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in PersonalizedLearning.” ” Via the Microsoft press release : “Introducing Education Resources, a source of Open Educational Resources within Office 365.” ” Similar news about Microsoft products.
.” This is a particularly hilarious sentence: “It is probably fair to say that the social good of having every high school student in America learn Salesforce might outstrip other trendier agendas in tech.” Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley.
The NAACP endorses OER. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Via Techcrunch : “As Chromebook sales soar in schools, Apple and Microsoft fight back.” “ The 4 Issues AltSchool Needs to Figure Out to Scale Its ‘PersonalizedLearning’ Platform ” also do not include privacy or security.
” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and PersonalizedLearning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS. Edsurge on the business of OER. “To get rural kids online, Microsoft wants to put Internet access on school buses ,” The Washington Post reports. Memos from HR. PHEW, RIGHT?
“Tracking Google and Microsoft Adoption in Higher Ed” by Jim Siegl. Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.” ” Man, Zuckerberg’s plans for personalizedlearning are gonna be so swell. How Google is ruining the Web.
” “ Personalizedlearning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Via Education Week : “ PersonalizedLearning : ‘A Cautionary Tale’ ” eCampus News offers “9 online learning predictions for the upcoming term.”
“The Growing Role of Technology in PersonalizedLearning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Via Techcrunch : “ Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.
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