Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. But content is not top on your list.”

Trends 181

Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 181

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Specifically, it will help them prepare for and teach their courses through several phases—ideation, design, assessment, facilitation, reflection and research. An instructor can type in a concept or idea, such as “industrial design,” into the tool his team built, called Eureka! Artificial intelligence can play a role in that, too.

Robotics 113

Robotics OER Industry Education 113

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed.

Pearson 91

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 91

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

OER 58

OER Academic Standards Policies Common Core 58

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We saw a of myriad new and exciting programs—like centers where high school students apply industry skills, collaborative spaces for students across multiple grade levels, and physical environment extensions for blind students. Assessment Data Interoperability: Integrating assessment data to support teacher instruction and student learning.

Data 164

Data Conference Assessment OER 164

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

OER 60

OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions. To be sure, there are gold nugget lessons within the vast OER and marketplace libraries, but finding them is difficult and time-consuming. More filler than fire-starter. Quantity over quality. How students lose track of time.

EdTech 87

EdTech OER Industry Study 87

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. Sample screenshot of what students see in Alta.

Knewton 63

Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 63

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 ?

Technology Support 112

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The move follows news earlier this year that Amazon Education is working on Inspire , a platform on which schools will be able to upload, manage, share, and discover such resources, known as OER. While some industry observers see OER as a challenger to the content and curriculum that schools pay for, others are more sanguine.

OER 40

OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

I’ll be writing a range of essays this year reflecting on two decades of work toward opening the core intellectual infrastructure of education (textbooks and other educational materials, assessments, and outcomes / objectives / competency statements) in order to increase access to and improve the effectiveness of education. Freeriders!

OER 86

OER Software Company Microsoft 86

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

Data 100

Data LMS Competency Based Learning OER 100

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. Stakeholders should assess their digital beliefs to see where they stand, and also consider tech affordability and accessibility with regard to digitization. What’s Out There Now. Just a dream? Not really.

OER 54

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 54

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We have a similar problem in the open educational resources (OER) space. Many people are in the habit of referring to OER as a commons. OER are not like the shared resources at the center of traditional commons. However, OER are not CPRs. This principle fails to apply to OER in multiple ways. Graduated sanctions.

OER 101

OER Resources Groups Accessibility 101

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment. Locating, Creating, Licensing and Utilizing OERs. SALTO-Youth via Canvas.net.

Coursera 40

Coursera Course MOOC OER 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

OER 16

OER MOOC Education Adaptive Learning 16

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

SETDA Says

MAY 11, 2015

This site and newsletter brings together the largest set of industry. Ed Tech Update has the answer… SETDA is excited to share Ed Tech Update. read more.

Industry 28

Industry Equity of Access E-rate Online Assessments 28

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Open Educational Resources (OER): Lumen Learning’s David Wiley recently predicted that OER will eradicate textbooks in community colleges by 2024, forcing companies to redefine “affordable” with new products, such as MindTap ACE from Cengage. Welcome to the cloud, publishing industry. Pause for a moment of silence.)

OER 86

OER How To Industry Assessment 86

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

In an interview with EdSurge at the conference, General Assembly CEO Jake Schwartz said he was excited to continue to lead the operation, which will retain the brand and operate as a division of Adecco, and gain better connection to industry partners through the new parent company. But its education officials are looking for outside help.

Kaplan 91

Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 91

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. Via The LA Times : “ L.A. More LAUSD news in the legal section below.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. Justin Reich on “ assessment ” versus “ evaluation.” Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “In Her Words: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Assesses a Year on the Job.” ” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” It’s boom times for the “regret industry.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” From the story: “Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” Hackers, man.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Also by me : “The Ivanka Trump Ed-Tech Industry Network.” With funding from the Lumina Foundation and through the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, the QA Commons last week announced a pilot project to assess higher education programs at 14 institutions around the country.”

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” Good grief. See also: Peter Thiel versus the First Amendment in the “courts” section above.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” From the Bloomberg Editorial Board : “A Raw Deal From Betsy DeVos ” – “ Rolling back regulations on the for-profit college industry will cause the public pain.” And there’s more on regulating the industry (or ya know, not) in the national politics section above.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Edsurge on the business of OER. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. “Assessing the dangers of AI applications in education” by Tony Bates. Lots of marketing and PR from SXSWedu : Edsurge on nudges and behavioral economics. Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47