Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 15, 2015

They lack what Giant Robot Dinosaur calls a Minimum Viable Personality. OER make it possible for us to contextualize our resources and customize our pedagogies to support more effective learning, but they don’t do the work for us. For example, take teaching materials about the Ruby programming language.

Microsoft 60

Microsoft OER Resources Secondary 60

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

Conference 40

Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

STEM 43

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

“Fake news,” “robots coming for our jobs,” “the new economy,” “surveillance capitalism,” “personalization,” “the cult of innovation,” and so on – these are all narratives intertwined in the power of major technology companies, platforms, data, and algorithms.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” IPEDS is the government’s database tracking post-secondary education statistics, including enrollments and graduations. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Mattel releases biologically inspired foldable robot bugs.” .” Roy Moore has just been elected Alabama ’s new Senator.

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

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. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright. Chatbot Instructors.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145