21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. million last year from the U.S.

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Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 106

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. For one thing, not all OER are created equally good and not all commercial products are at all bad.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

The Daring Librarian

MARCH 19, 2020

Hello there dear blog readers and my Twitter / Instagram family and friends. So here's some MackinVia FREE books. Books Beyond Borders & Wazzup Wattpad? The last day before we left for this unexpected early spring break, I checked out a LOT OF BOOKS! There were no limits on how many books our readers could check out.

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eBook OER Libraries Resources 46

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

It's a book that has been recommended to me several times over, so it was long overdue that I laid my hands on a copy. With its lurid red cover and aggressive image of a fist gripping a pencil (I would have suggested an iPod Touch or iPhone instead) while wearing a wrist band that proclaims DIY U, the books holds a lot of promise.

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OER MOOC Education iPhone 60

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

First, know that the folks who were #NotatISTE or #NotatISTE19 and those who love them, shared quite a bit using the Twitter hashtags. This group is gonna change the info access/experience for kids! And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! Here are our slides.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

Episode 114 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The answer I give is maybe a little bit disappointing for people who are looking for a recipe of, just do this problem or just do these problems or just read this book. These are accessible, findable online.

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Classroom OER Software System 242

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. The new text book might instead be the LMS (Learning Management System). ▪Textbooks and OER.

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Technology Flipped Classroom Learning STEM 60

Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

Some discussion on Twitter occurred as well, along with several good questions, which you can examine in this Storify. Access and convenience remain major motivations that bring learners to open content. After discussion via chat and Twitter we settled on professional development. However, most people remain unaware of OER.

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Trends MOOC Coursera Education 42

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

We provide access. An antidote to the frequently narrowed curricula we see in modern school culture, school librarians introduce young people to a rich world of books and literature, options they can select themselves. Without this access, students ignore thousands of dollars of content their parents’ tax dollars support.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

hl=en Social Studies Google Maps - https://maps.google.com/ G o Social Studies Go - A Good Alternative to Social Studies Textbooks - Multimedia books about US History, World History and World Religions. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipiccy-photo-editor/imokeandodnlammaoenbgcnbhigjbpjh?hl=en

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Sunday, June 7th at 7pm TechEducator Podcast: Ditching Your Textbook with Matt Miller , Join Matt Miller and the TechEducators as we discuss his new book Ditch that Textbook. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate.

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Libraries Digital Citizenship Future Ready Conference 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. ” In reviewing Srnicek’s book in March, New York Times media journalist John Hermann wrote , Platforms are, in a sense, capitalism distilled to its essence. They’re amazing. I mean, one of its founders celebrated.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Next Step in Global Collaboration From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

One looming challenge: accessibility. Questions of accessibility. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. rsrc for Capstone OER e-book produced by student on AR/VR + Marketing [link]. Exc historical bkgrd.

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OER Analysis Education Microsoft 47

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

One looming challenge: accessibility. Questions of accessibility. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. rsrc for Capstone OER e-book produced by student on AR/VR + Marketing [link]. Exc historical bkgrd.

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OER Analysis Education Microsoft 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. Huge thanks! Recordings : all conference sessions are recorded and are available almost immediately after being given.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. News on Twitter : Students consider tweets and determine which is the most trustworthy. Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. .

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 9, “Institutional Envy.” links up with this book’s earlier focus on brain science.

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Education Exercises Groups STEM 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Department of Veterans Affairs this week backed Ashford University ‘s attempt to shift its state-based eligibility for veterans’ benefits from Iowa to Arizona , likely preserving the for-profit university’s access to Post–9/11 GI Bill and active-duty military tuition benefits.”

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Education ProctorU Company Report 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

. “Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves” – The NYT’s Nellie Bowles on tech billionaire Vinod Khosla ’s attempts to restrict access to the California coastline near his mansion. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Because “open.”).

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Don’t.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

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.” Emmersion Learning has raised $600,000 from Zylun Global and Access to Education.

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Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

They returned a syllabus that was all-white in composition – not just in that the primary authors of the books selected contained no people of color but the books themselves largely avoided America's colonial-settler, chattel-slavery, and racist-imperial history.” ” Will for-profit higher ed be an election issue?

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 61