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CommonLit: OER Curation and Creation

NeverEndingSearch

She began developing the concept for CommonLit while studying education policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. CommonLit is a fine example of OER curation and OER creation that belongs in every librarian’s toolkit. CommonLit on Twitter. Registration is free. Commonlit.org | Facebook.

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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

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. Reconfiguring networks to promote interoperability — seamless data sharing — seems to be the best fix for this issue. by Eli Zimmerman.

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#DLNchat: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation?

Edsurge

His work has shown him that “it will definitely be a more sustainable initiative if it is collaborative—-whether it's OER, open access journals, etc.if OERs are often undervalued compared to their paid counterparts, posited Blake Gore of Vanderbilt University and Tanya Spilovy thinks librarians can help.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

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. “ 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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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

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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Improving the OpenEd Conference – Survey and Interview Highlights and Data

Iterating Toward Openness

2,237 people received the invitation by email, and more saw the invitation on Twitter and here on the blog. I’ve studied all the survey responses now, and it is becoming clear that the conversations will be ongoing. Bring back the conference track on Accessibility and OER.

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

Doug Levin

As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes, but there are some critical caveats." 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. So, why use a blockchain at all?

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