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BBookX uses artificial intelligence to create OER texts for professors to use in their courses instead of traditional textbooks. Sparrow thinks a tool like BBookX can be used for personalized learning in the classroom as well—so that perhaps students can craft what their own study materials look like.
The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. Kirschenbaum , a professor of English at the University of Maryland at College Park and director of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies program there.
Another student could find photographs of places or inventions he wants to study and then create augmented reality-triggered videos of himself explaining what he’s learned. I’ve seen the students in my own school get pretty excited about the robots they’ve built and programmed with code. It is good! Where we are: Since the U.S.
For “Mid-Term Trends: (three to five years)” the report found “Proliferation of Open Educational Resources” and “The Rise of New Forms of Interdisciplinary Studies.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).
For “Mid-Term Trends: (three to five years)” the report found “Proliferation of Open Educational Resources” and “The Rise of New Forms of Interdisciplinary Studies.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).
They had a bee robot that they learned to program to better understand bee behaviors. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information.
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” 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. ” “ OER , CARE , Stewardship, and the Commons” by “Econproph” Jim Luke. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” The business of OER. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.
Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.” ” The city uses algorithms, for example, to place students in public schools.
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“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think.” ” Via IRRODL : “ Khan Academy as Supplemental Instruction: A Controlled Study of a Computer-Based Mathematics Intervention.” Study Shows Choices Are Slim.”
” ( The Atlantic and Vox also wrote up this study.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue. ” George Veletsianos on the “ ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2018.”
Via Inside Higher Ed : “The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities.”
” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).
The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine. ” Rebrand. Uses ISTE to Tout Opportunities for U.S.
Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.
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. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. They’re distracting others.
Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” “The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Among the speakers: Betsy DeVos and Peter Thiel.
” On the chopping block: Latin American Studies and Computer Science. Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Campus Technology : “ Clemson U , Carnegie Mellon to Develop Robots for Advanced Manufacturing.”
Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” It’s $520.
The** Department of Education** has selected the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education to manage its #GoOpen campaign. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Online education provider Udacity quietly drops money-back pledge for those who can’t find a job after finishing their studies.”
The NAACP endorses OER. ” The scholarship, “for young women studying creative arts, music, literature, or African-American studies,” will be offered to students at Berklee College of Music , Howard University , Parsons School of Design , and Spelman College. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Move along.
" The majors include sociology, media studies, and political science. The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan. The robotics company, formerly known as play-i, has raised $78.34
Via The Monitor : “Less than a year after classes formally began at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , a ‘culture of fear is pervasive’ on campus that is exacerbated by poor communication by the administration, concludes a recent white paper study produced by the university’s faculty senate.”
” Bible study, I’m guessing. This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley.
Via The Atlantic : “ DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won’t Be Studying: Guns.” If your marketing department thinks this is a good idea, if your media studies department thinks this is a good idea, tell them to read more. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” “Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case.
Edsurge on the business of OER. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a. Lots of marketing and PR from SXSWedu : Edsurge on nudges and behavioral economics. Edsurge on mindfulness in public schools.
Via NBC : “ Arizona : Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination In Mexican American Studies Ban Back in Court.” Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition.”
“Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Robots Will Save Liberal Education.” Via Campus Technology : “ MIT , Segway Robotics Hackathon Focuses on Eldercare.” ” asks Clint Lalonde. Think again.”
Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds that penalties for breaking NCAA rules are largely consistent across conference membership – and that men’s basketball and football account for the vast majority of violations.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
” That’d be Blake Wentworth, who taught in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies. Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” ( Here’s a link to the study.)
.” Via Reuters : “ Children’s brains undergo noticeable changes after just one season of football , even if they were never diagnosed with a concussion , according to a new imaging study.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” IBM partners with Pearson.
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