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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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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). STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths. LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). UX – User Experience.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

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. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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How to Boost Classroom Engagement With the Tech Tool That 'Always Works'

Edsurge

EdSurge: How has Vivi affected teacher mobility? And teacher mobility definitely encourages students to pay more attention to the learning and instruction that’s going on. Briana Allen: It's had a huge impact. Where they used to sit in the back corner and just kind of talk at their students, now they can sit with their students.

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MAD about Mattering: A New Global Collaborative App Project #steam

The CoolCatTeacher

This new project will take the best of compassion driven innovation, mobile app development, and global collaboration to create a new model of collaborative engineering between students of all ages. Students will be asked to consider their heartbreak to create an app that makes a difference to the world.

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Edsurge

The awards focus on underrepresented students because college remains our country’s greatest driver of socioeconomic mobility,” Barajas-Murphy says. For boosting student retention and success and reducing costs by embracing online OER textbooks Northern Arizona University. Why the focus on low-income and first-generation students?

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Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

Educational Technology Guy

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