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Why This Professor Believes OER Can Make STEM More Inclusive and Affordable

Edsurge

For some folks in higher ed, the very idea of using open educational resources (OER) sparks dread. The right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive. EdSurge: Why are you such a proponent of OER in higher ed? Here’s how I look at it.

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17 things to know about K-12 OER textbooks

Hapara

Has your school district started to use open educational resources (OER) yet? But has your school district considered K-12 OER textbooks? Printed textbooks have been used for centuries, and while they still work, there are many reasons why school districts are transitioning to OER versions. .

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. This is not to say that the mobile medium provides a better learning experience ; however, students' work schedules often prohibit them from dedicated time in front of a stationary computer.

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ISTE Highlights: Tips for Effective Blended Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

The panelists discussed current models of blended learning and provided visual examples of what these models looked like in various schools, classroom structure, open education resources (OER), learning management systems (LMS), creating flipped videos, flipped instruction , workflow, and challenges. Enjoyed this post?

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New Posted Resources 01/13/2012

The Web20Classroom

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

MLD – Mobile Learning Devices. MLearning – Mobile Learning. OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). NGDLE – Next-generation Digital Learning Environment.

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Information Age vs Generation Age Technologies for Learning

Iterating Toward Openness

That’s what mobile was. ” Information age paradigms like open educational resources (OER) were all about leveraging the power of the internet to make perfect copies of existing resources and distribute them at scale at close to zero cost. That’s what the internet was. But that’s also what the printing press was.