Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well. These tools might help you quickly create first drafts of: Learning Outcomes Discussion Prompts and Rubrics Formative Assessment Items Again, not exactly right, but an incredibly helpful starting point.

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OER LMS Resources Course 202

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 158

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There was a lot of discussion at OpenEd17 about the relationship between OER and value-added services like platforms. Most faculty don’t have the technical expertise, the time, or the institutional support to manage their own WordPress installation or do anything more with OER than adopt a free PDF in place of their textbook.

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OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” Ismael tweeted: My own take: these are two complementary approaches to #OER that should enrich each other, not exclude (or even blame) each other. As an educator, I like #OER as a tool for transforming learning.

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OER LMS Secondary Course 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

a blockbuster case whose outcome will affect whether transgender students can use the school bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. Its outcome will have ramifications in schools throughout the country.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.”

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS. This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright. Crested Pigeon.

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