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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

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Thanks to policies such as the Common Education Data Standards , information regarding Bobby’s need for special transportation services, food allergy restrictions and appropriate class placements were shared quickly, securely and automatically in time for his first day of class.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

There’s more on the GED, that very old competency-based learning exam, in the research section below. Edsurge covers OpenEd : “Beyond Free Materials: OER Advocates Push For Inclusiveness in Teaching Practices.” “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? Go, School Sports Team! ”).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. The sale, the FTC contended, would violate ConnectEDU’s own privacy policy, and it requested that users be notified so they could request their data be destroyed.

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