Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 28, 2017

That is, by creating, sharing, and improving OER. And unfortunately, as long as basic needs problems persist, those whose basic needs are not being met will be essentially incapable of taking advantage of the opportunities created by OER, while those whose basic needs are being met will be capable of taking advantage of those opportunities.

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OER Accessibility Meeting Resources 63

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

So what will 2018 bring? What will be the most important strategic consideration for colleges in 2018? Is 2018 the time for my institution to take proactive concrete steps toward a merger or acquisition? What will be the most important new innovative practice in higher education in 2018?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

To address this need, Digital Promise, with the support of the Hewlett Foundation, is convening an Open Educational Resources (OER) Deeper Learning for NGSS Challenge Collaborative to create freely available units of instruction. Challenge Collaborative explores connections between Deeper Learning and the Next Generation Science Standards.

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OER Learning Report Resources 334

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2018

— El Segundo Unified (@ElSegundoUSD) October 12, 2018. Digital Promise has launched five Challenge Collaboratives centered on Challenge Map topics: Real World Learning, Assessment Data Interoperability, Computational Thinking Pathways, OER Deeper Learning for NGSS, and Computational Thinking for NGSS.

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OER Case Study Meeting Assessment 306

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

In February, Educause bought the assets of the New Media Consortium and pledged to continue the Horizon Report series, and to complete and publish the 2018 edition. Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example. When open educational resources first emerged, it was the wild west.

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Report OER Trends Industry 66

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 21, 2019

OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. But other responses called the discussion of practice unimaginative and accused me of underestimating the pedagogical change that OER is capable of catalyzing. And why aren’t they using OER in their classes? A world of tears.

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OER Advocacy Survey Course 115

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2019

She’s used Tailor-ED since 2018 for her intervention lessons for groups never larger than five students. What appealed to Rouse, the North Carolina teacher, was the platform’s data analytics on individual students. She also liked the option for offline lessons.

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OER Exercises Analysis Groups 100

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

After reviewing instructional materials rated as Tier 1 standards-aligned resources by the Louisiana Department of Education, we decided to try Open Up Resources 6–8 Math , an open educational resource (OER) authored by Illustrative Mathematics (IM). In fall 2017, we formed teacher committees and solicited feedback.

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OER Common Core Instructional Materials Resources 111

IT Bill

JULY 13, 2018

A recent study at the University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) looked at outcomes for students taking courses using traditional commercial textbooks versus open educational resources (OER). While previous studies have investigated OER and student achievement, they did not break out the results by household income, ethnicity, or part-time status.

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OER Resources Education Outcomes 28

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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OER Data Tools Trends 92

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

2018 was an incredible year for the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools and Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters). In 2018, we welcomed 12 new districts: Arcadia Unified School District , D.C. Representatives from our 12 new districts and 7 interim districts met at the fall 2018 League meeting in Park City, UT.

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Data Conference Assessment OER 212

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

Mon, 06/25/2018 - 12:40. A 2018 study conducted by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) highlights schools in 9 states that have already started to implement interoperable systems with promising results. Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Competency Based Learning OER Data Comparison 186

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

Even though Pearson is not cutting out print completely, its digital-first update strategy may still alienate some faculty, says Wiley, who is currently the chief academic officer of Lumen Learning, a company that provides digital OER courseware to colleges and universities. “It It doesn’t matter what a publisher wants to sell.

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Pearson OER Company Knewton 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

One crucial part of the decision is out of the students’ hands, of course, since it is the professor who decides what textbook or material to assign—or whether to skip commercial textbooks altogether and assign a free or low-cost open educational resource, or OER. a semester. I thought it was just as helpful as any other textbook.”

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Company OER Libraries Course 141

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. Ben-Naim says the acquisition by Pearson could “affect the plan,” which was to build OER content on Smart Sparrow. million in 2018. million in venture capital.

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Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 103

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

DLNChat — Alex Kluge (@AlexVKluge) June 12, 2018. calimorrison) June 12, 2018. Faculty and administrators at #DLNchat repeatedly shared about successfully saving students money through the use of OER. DLNchat #digitallearning #studentsuccess — Alexis McHenry Morton (@McMortonry) June 12, 2018. Cali Morrison, Ed.D.

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OER Tools MOOC Course 70

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ). I have many thoughts to share here.

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Report Trends Robotics OER 46

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

1, 2018 to Jan. Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials. Should Knewton and Wiley continue to rely on OER to expand its general-ed courseware library, Freedman says, it could present an attractive and possibly more-affordable alternative.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 143

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

But the move to OER and digital curriculum hasn’t been completely smooth for everyone, Williams adds. A former Pearson executive, Singer has been taking notes in the last year not only from the educators using the resources, but also from what other publishers and companies in the OER space are doing.

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Resources OER Pearson Common Core 93

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ). I have many thoughts to share here.

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Report Trends Robotics OER 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

ecrisp (@ecrisp) November 13, 2018. DLNchat — Richard Price (@rmp289) November 13, 2018. A1 build content based on existing open educational resources #olo #DLNChat — Rayane Fayed (@rfayed1) November 13, 2018. Ed Garay (@garay) November 13, 2018. Embed tech skills and certifications in programs targeting broader ed goals.

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How To Mobility Course OER 124

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That figure includes texts procured legally, like open educational resources (known as OER), and illegally, such as pirated files shared through torrent websites. However, the average amount spent in the 2018-2019 school year, $415, fell from $484 the previous term, according to the report.

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Course Pearson OER Survey 150

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

In 2018, Dendtler’s team ditched its previous curriculum management platform in favor of Kiddom, citing a cleaner interface and smoother user experience. Open Up Resources generated $40 million in revenue in 2018, according to Sliwerski, the bulk of which has come from print sales and implementation services it provides.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 84

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Over a third of America’s smallest school districts are already meeting the FCC’s 1 Mbps per student Internet connection goal for 2018, according to our newly released 2018 State of the States report. The decision to be an early adopter of OER put the one-school district on the map, earning a visit in 2015 from then-U.S.

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OER Laptops STEM Meeting 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Alta at a Glance With Alta, Knewton aims to combine third-party open educational resources (OER) with assessments and the adaptive-learning technology created by the company to inform how students progress through the content. We’re at a state where the quality of OER is definitely on the level of content from any publishing company.

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Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 66

ProfHacker

APRIL 26, 2017

Here is more of what I look forward to in 2017/2018. 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? Upcoming events you may find of interest include: 1. Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute. The Meaning of Open.

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OER Learning Conference MOOC 85

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Hey #OER gurus, rec’d a question about #CreativeCommons BY-NC license & trepidation re using NC stuff specifically in publicly-funded colleges & universities. Harold Jarche (@hjarche) September 15, 2018. Harold Jarche (@hjarche) September 15, 2018. Safe to use, correct? Conclusion.

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OER Course Report Data 77

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Learn more about gaming while at ISTE—and beyond: Book a meeting at ISTE 2018 to learn about Classcraft’s Engagement Management System for schools and districts, and the Quests Marketplace featuring partners like Google Education, Discovery Educator Network, Newsela, LRNG, Breakout EDU and OER Commons.

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Video Learning OER Gamification 134

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

billion in 2018. Based on publishers’ recent earnings reports, Hill says he anticipates further “reduction in annual revenues as the market shifts to digital, and as we see the full impact of OER, inclusive access and new business models take effect.” Estimated revenue for the U.S.

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Knewton Company Pearson OER 134

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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Strategy OER Education Policies 145

EmergingEdTech

DECEMBER 28, 2017

One of the best things to come out of the web when it comes to education is the offering of free courses, and even free degrees (if your grades earn them), available to anyone, anywhere, from leading. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Course Resources Education OER 81

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Enjoy the experience – look, listen, explore – and never worry that you’ll miss anything.” ( AASL Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018). Human Anatomy Atlas 2018. 2018) Learning Transported , International Society for Technology in Education.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

2018 marks the 20th anniversary of open content. ” When a commercial publisher switches from using proprietary content to using OER in some of their products, the community’s reaction is largely, “What’s wrong with them? This essay is crossposted from the #OER18 website. I don’t trust them. Freeriders!

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OER Software Company Microsoft 79

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. jasonrhody (@jasonrhody) February 9, 2018. Not a bad investment.

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Libraries OER Case Study Robotics 136

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 23, 2020

I wanted to include a reading summarizing my current thinking on ‘evaluating the impact of OER’ in the course, so I’m letting some thoughts spill out below. In the past I’ve written frequently about how we evaluate the impact of OER use. and more OER impact research should follow that lead. versus 2.6).

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OER Education Course Learning Analytics 163

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Over the past few years, the government has made several moves in other edtech spaces, mostly related to open educational resources (OERs) and evangelizing innovation from the top-down. And to provide more digital content beyond OERs, the government launched the Open eBooks app back in February 2016.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60