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

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In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.

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OER is Growing at Religious Colleges, But Raises Unique Challenges

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One popular draw to open educational resources is that these openly-licensed learning materials can—and are often encouraged to—be tailored for a particular professor or course. Communications librarian Kristen Hoffman oversees much of the OER work at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian university in Washington.

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?A Playbook to Go Open: 5 Steps to Adopting OER

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Adoption of digital learning resources is taking hold in schools and districts across the United States. Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students and spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content, according to Education Week.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

You can save money to use in other high-need learning areas. Your school or district can also use digital textbooks that are part of open educational resource (OER) repositories. There are several high-quality OER sites that feature digital textbooks for K-12. Digital textbooks don’t present the same problem.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

eSchool News

Teachers and students at one district are replacing print with digital. For students at Central Valley middle and high schools, accessing classroom lessons rarely involves opening a book. The bill will phase in clearinghouse courses over two phases, with the first phase beginning in the 2017-18 school year. image via AP ].

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