Iterating Toward Openness

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

As you may have heard, my fellow rabble-rouser George Siemens and I are doing a MOOC on open education that launches later this month on edX. Week 4: Creating, Finding and Using OERs. Week 5: Research on OER Impact and Effectiveness. Before you ask, let me preemptively answer a few questions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Faculty and administrators at #DLNchat repeatedly shared about successfully saving students money through the use of OER. Morrison estimated that American Public University has saved its undergraduates as much as $5,000 per student over the course of their degree by utilizing OER.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 4, 2017

There are chapters that argue for the quality of OER resources, for the utility of Open Pedagogy, and for the transformational potential of these approaches and resources. Sponsored by the AAC&U , it is “a connectivist MOOC” around open learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

“Often in online courses students disappear and drop,” says Barbara Illowsky, dean of basic skills and online educational resources (OER) and a professor of mathematics and statistics at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. MOOCs get social. During the three-week course, they collaborated to design a superhero story together.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 1, 2019

One of these days, after I’ve retired, I’m going to write a radically restructured, OER-based freshman music theory course, based on research I did early in my career and what I’ve learned about good teaching since then.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 26, 2017

The #OpenLearning17 MOOC has just ended, but the resources and blogposts live on , and the Creative Commons Global Summit is just starting. Critiques of OER and Open Education. How is OER learning from, and contributing to other open activities, e.g. open science, open source, open data, open access etc? What have we ignored?

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

Curt began by describing the use of MOOCs for faculty and staff development, with examples such as a University of London effort. In fact, open MOOCs can work for any population, esp. I asked how open learning works for non-professionals, citing research showing many MOOC users are already professionals and/or academics.

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Mark Smithers

MARCH 19, 2013

I considered issues around MOOCs and then other disruptors which may, in fact, have more impact such as OER, open badges and social professional reputation. I was asked by @JonPowles to be provocative and I think I was suitably so. The focus for me was on how disruptive innovations are/will effect higher education.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER. Locating, Creating, Licensing and Utilizing OERs. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children’s learning across the curriculum. via CourseSites.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think many MOOCs (and MOOC providers) will struggle to find a sustainable financial model in their current guise. 5) What is your response to the criticism of MOOCs (e.g. 5) What is your response to the criticism of MOOCs (e.g.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 11, 2015

The synopsis reads: With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. The dominant narrative now is that MOOCs are the technological solution and education is ripe for disruption.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? This meetup will bring together innovators and edtech thinkers in the community college space to discuss ways of increasing the number of college graduates. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

Community colleges are much more interested in OER than other sectors. For example, MOOCs are still weak on completion and learning, but evolving. ( Green wrote about this in November; very worth reading ). When it comes to faculty attitudes towards digital materials, age is, fascinatingly, not an issue.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? And it has also launched OpenNow, its own OER with courses starting at $30 per course and is accessible within a Cengage Unlimited subscription. a semester.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 8, 2015

Berkeley’s still making MOOCs. Each year we capture and publish nearly 4,500 lecture videos and each video requires an average of 15 minutes of staff time to prepare for public distribution. But don’t worry. Once again the current economic situation damages American higher education.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I hoped to move on from there to what I called “approaches”, ways of using tech that didn’t depend on a specific platform – i.e., gaming and gamification, blended learning, distance learning, MOOCs, mobile, and digital literacy. But participants were very, very engaged from the start. Online learning is on the rise.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., . …the true benefit of the academy is the interaction, the access to the debate, to the negotiation of knowledge — not to the stale cataloging of content.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

There is no mention for example of the New Zealand based OER University (or its founder Wayne McIntosh) and the ground breaking work they are doing to transform open educational practices in higher education. The challenge , she says, is to capture the potential of technology to both lower costs and improve learning for all.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

I recently had the honor of traveling to the MIT campus in Boston and participating in a panel discussion on Open Education Resources (OER) at The Sixth Conference of MIT''s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) with three illustrious advocates of these open resources: Nicole Allen, Philipp Schmidt, and panel moderator Steve Carson.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” 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. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ OER , CARE , Stewardship, and the Commons” by “Econproph” Jim Luke.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Gustavo Beltrami Learning math from students around the world - Chris Collins Let's Talk Global Education - Anne Mirtschin Lidrazgo para el Desarrollo Social - Arlette Audiffred Hinojosa Maverick Leadership - Mike Lawrence Mobilizing Student Voice through Global Discussions with a Real-World Impact with WorldVuze - Julia Coburn MOOCs for librarians/library (..)

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” ” Not listed: other online degrees simply aren’t hyped the way MOOCs are. “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? of Washington.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” Raise $146.1 million in venture funding; ask people to work for you for free.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. The Chronicle of Higher Education on the latest report from the Babson Survey Research Group on OER adoption: “Use of Free Textbooks Is Rising, but Barriers Remain.” .” More via Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.”

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” There’s more for-profit higher ed news in the “courts” section above.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. The business of OER. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” Will they make it happen? .”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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