Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2017

Open Educational Resources (OER) have yet to cozy up with the more orthodox academics and pushy print publishers of the world. Advocates praise their accessible low-prices and ability to meet students on digital devices. On its own, the OER company partners with nearly 150 campuses.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

In 2014, I wrote about strategies for edtech success in the new school year , and in 2015, I wrote about edtech teaching trends for the new school year. Office of Education Technology launched GoOpen last year, OERs have gotten a big boost. Not ready to dig through all OERs and curate on your own?

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. Edward Watson.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It is the newest addition to SETDA’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Collection , available for access in their OER Commons site. “As Microsoft is committed to increasing access to cybersecurity tools to help schools address this challenge.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Digital textbooks are textbooks that teachers and learners can access online or download to their devices. In addition, educators and learners can access them on multiple devices at any time. . OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). LibreTexts. Schedule a demo today!

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Now, Title IV is a complex, layered program and marks a significant departure in structure and operation from past federal edtech investments. Be explicit with districts about expectations for access to technology in schools and classrooms. Encouraging a shift to digital textbooks? Offering online learning?

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Those in the puppy camp argued, with good reason, that free curricula and OER content were hardly free once the related costs and risks were factored in. So the discovery, vetting, and alignment costs inflicted upon the teachers and districts that would try to embrace free and OER content would remain high.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Stop buying lesson plans and worksheets and access the wonderful free resources available to you! para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. . What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

MAY 16, 2016

What I do want to comment on (in greater than 140 characters) is the practice of ‘openwashing:’ what it is, why I believe not being able to go beyond a pro-OER elephant test for organizations and service providers is untenable in practice, and some thoughts on what we can do about it. The Pro-OER Elephant Test.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. Here’s the good news: Our government edtech officials are convinced that librarians should play a role in curating the burgeoning number of open educational resources (they gave us several shout-outs and ensured we were there).

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Doug Levin

MARCH 1, 2017

As compared to others, I am more likely to tag local/regional and state-specific news stories, in-depth policy analysis, open resources (OER, open source software tools, open data, open access, etc.), Image credits. I’ll make no apologies for the eclectic nature of what I tag on my reading list.

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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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Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

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 are also easily updated across the school district since teachers and learners access them online. Learn more.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). A paper and pencil version of the SAT will continue to be available in order to make the test as accessible as possible to all students.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

It also helps schools reach goals like higher student success, better data analysis, more robust cybersecurity and easier access to education technology, the report’s authors explain. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Transfer Student Data Seamlessly Across Academic Careers.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. Therefore, I had the simple mission of writing an openly-licensed textbook that not only addressed my students’ learning needs, but would be accessible to anyone.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Digital access : Advocating for learners, families and staff members to have equitable access to technology, digital resources and the internet. Hāpara can help your school or district easily build and distribute a digital OER textbook collection. You can focus on any of the elements, no matter what age your learners are.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Michael Feldstein, the edtech consultant who called the company’s previous pitch snake oil, said that “after years of absurd hype from their former CEO, it’s a relief to hear them promote a value proposition that at least makes sense.”

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Founded in 2008, Knewton blazed its way into the edtech industry with bold proclamations about its adaptive-learning technology, which it then licensed to digital curriculum providers. Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. Learners simply need to log in to their learning system to access them. . This ease of access is especially helpful in giving students the chance to self-direct their own learning and build executive functioning skills in a digital environment.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

It offers a large number of students access to study high-quality courses online through video streaming. Anyone can access these courses and there is no minimum qualification to take them. Open Education Resources (OER). Open Education Resources are accessible courses available online which can be viewed by anyone.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. para Student Dashboard Digital Backpack gives learners one-click access to digital textbooks and other learning resources. You can use these digital textbooks in your lessons and units or throughout the school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. UPCEA’s eDesign Collaborative ), I spent hours doing my own personal research on my university’s open access policy and scouring the library website. To be clear, I didn’t just stumble upon it either. For instance, Cornell University saved.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short). Tory Patterson, co-founder of Owl Ventures As far as calling itself an OER platform, that is somewhat correct.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

by EZ EdTech! of course, you might consider using alternate tools like Glogster , Thinglink , Padlet to create your interactive interface. These two excellent tutorials will help you get started: by Thomas Blakemore.

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Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Doug Levin, president of the consulting firm EdTech Strategies, is worried. appeared first on EdTech Strategies. Will states enable schools to pursue personalized learning strategies, which make use of technology to create custom-fit lessons for students? No one knows.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. Leveled readings —Each of the articles in the course is provided at multiple reading levels to ensure that all students can access and understand the material, enabling them to participate in the class. Source: BHP. Full size image here.

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K12 Open Ed

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

To be clear, I am not talking about open educational resources (OER), but rather open learning practices. (Is Transparency and open access. EdTech Update Uncategorized open openeducationweek openeducationwk' Is there a common term people are using for this? Open learning? Open pedagogy? Open practice?). March 11 at 9:00 pm ET.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Cengage recently introduced a new subscription model that gives students access to all of the company’s digital course materials for a semester or an year. Students can access more than 20,000 course materials— courseware, eBooks, online homework and study tools, across more than 70 disciplines and 675 courses. Use Open Source eBooks.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Esri has granted 200,000 students access to its professional online GIS mapping software for doing projects. Microsoft 1) provided over 3 million students with free access to Office 365 in K-12 schools across the U.S., The future of ConnectED: Exactly how much play should and does the government have in bringing edtech to K-12?

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

In summary, their results suggested “no noticeable improvement” in standardized test scores (PISA) for reading, mathematics, or science in countries that heavily invested in classroom technology; thus, they do not believe expanding access to high-tech devices (1:1 Chromebook programs) will abate falling test scores. .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. 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. This wonderful OER makes it easy for teachers to assemble their own textbooks.

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