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For the first time ever, the federal government put forward funds to support initiatives around open educational resources, and recent studies show that faculty attitudes towards using and adapting these openly-licensed learning materials are steadily improving. But fans of OER are increasingly facing a problem.
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. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)
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. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)
Created to assist executives and curriculum and technology directors in guiding the transition to digital curriculum and content, the survey also offers schools the chance win national awards. The Learning Counsel’s 2016 Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey and Assessment Tool is now available online. Transition barriers.
dreambox learning. What does the future look like when the promise of personalizedlearning is realized? Metiri CEO Cheryl Lemke has the latest scoop on five indicators that make or break a school’s progress toward deep, personalizedlearning with technology. Envision Education at ISTE! Can’t make it?
” “Personalizedlearning,” I believe Zuck calls this. ” Lots to say about “personalizedlearning,” but amazingly little reflection on if any of that vision actually works. Via Techcrunch : “ Parenting Hero helps parents figure out how to talk to their kids.”
In other Salesforce news, “The University of Texas System teams up with Salesforce to turn its learning platform into a learning relationship management system ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalizedlearning, and even blockchain!
. $750,000 to the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ; $685,000 to Roses in Concrete Community School ; $700,000 to Peer Health Exchange ; and the rest to GripTape. ” The Hechinger Report on a study on “ personalizedlearning ” and the cultural relevance of curriculum.
Around 82% of the respondents of the survey also feel that digital is the future. Also Read: Ensuring Continuity in Learning in the Times of COVID-19. Interactive Textbooks – These are electronic textbooks or eBooks that come with various interactive features to enhance learning and knowledge retention.
“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” From iNACOL: “ Promising State Policies for PersonalizedLearning.” Huge caveats here about reading too much into these findings, as it was based on an online survey of 500 women.
Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER: The Cost Trap and Inclusive Access” by David Wiley. .
“Can Venture Capital Put PersonalizedLearning Within Reach of All Students?” It’s so revealing how this is framed – the problem with “personalizedlearning” up ’til now? More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. ” Hell no.
” From Data & Society : “ PersonalizedLearning : The Conversations We’re Not Having.” More on the National Crime Victimization Survey via Politico. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER. Surprising results from new study.”
” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalizedlearning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original PersonalizedLearning. ” That is the Sophie B. Wright Charter School in New Orleans.
” This kills me: The personalised education movement combines a testing machine for the big-data age with a key idea taken from Maria Montessori, who developed her approach more than a century ago: that each child should drive their own learning. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” asks Clint Lalonde.
“The Growing Role of Technology in PersonalizedLearning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Google has released the latest generation of Chromebooks. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
” “ 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.”
.” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in PersonalizedLearning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of PersonalizedLearning.”
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.”
” This looks primarily at Summit Public Schools, which works with Facebook to build a learning management system that folks will try to convince you is “ personalizedlearning.” “Why the Best PersonalizedLearning Programs Start Way Before High School,” according to Edsurge.
The NAACP endorses OER. “ The 4 Issues AltSchool Needs to Figure Out to Scale Its ‘PersonalizedLearning’ Platform ” also do not include privacy or security. Via The Cambridge Student : “National student boycott invalidates National Student Survey data.”
” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and PersonalizedLearning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS. Edsurge on the business of OER. Via The 74 : “ Harvard - MIT PersonalizedLearning Program to Help Early Readers Gets $30M From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.”
“ Personalizedlearning ” – it’s simply the best idea that money can buy (that isn’t already being paid for by Salesforce, I guess). Via Edsurge : “ VR Could Bring a New Era of Immersive Learning. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER.
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.” Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.”
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.
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