Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. It offers a more experiential learning experience. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Via Venture Beat : “ Facebook and Oculus promise millions in funding for diverse apps, education, and more for VR.” That led to him announcing a $10 million fund specifically for learning applications.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Edsurge : “ Connecticut School District Suspends Use of Summit Learning Platform.” Blockchain , Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning.” ” William H.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Learning to code will eventually be as useful as learning Ancient Greek,” Quartz claims. ” Via ProPublica : “ Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race.” ” “Personalization.” The business of OER. ” Project-based learning, FTW.

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JUNE 23, 2017

” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. ” That is the Sophie B. ” That is the Sophie B.

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.” Can Electrical Stimulation Help Us Learn?” ” Immigration and Education. “Zap!

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JULY 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Just like their parents, Chicago students will soon have to learn cursive.” ” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.”

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” “In the Era of Microcredentials , Institutions Look to Blockchain to Verify Learning,” says Edsurge. Tell me more about how the blockchain is going to “verify learning.” But oh yes.

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MAY 20, 2016

And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” ” And “ Education news from Google I/O : tools to take learning further.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps,” says The New York Times. University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. ” Social emotional learning ! Mindfulness ! Thanks in advance.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

“Learning styles” in the White House: President Trump doesn’t read his daily intelligence briefings, gets oral briefings on “select” issues instead, because reading isn’t “his style of learning,” the @washingtonpost reports [link] — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 9, 2018. .” ” Hooray. ” Testing.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” ” Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals and Facebook Endorsements.” ” Roy Moore has just been elected Alabama ’s new Senator. .”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

It’s good to shake up your “everyone should learn to code” messaging sometimes, I guess. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” More wishful thinking via Getting Smart : “ How Virtual Reality and Embodied Learning Could Disrupt Education.”

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MARCH 9, 2018

In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. Via The New York Times Magazine : “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn.” Memos from HR.

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JULY 21, 2017

Important thoughts here on social emotional learning and structural racism. Via Patheos : “ BYU-Idaho Professor Fired After Defending LGBT Rights in Private Facebook Post.” ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. Via The Washington Post : “Some D.C.

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MAY 26, 2017

Related: “‘ Harvard Crimson ’ Site Is Hacked to Take Jabs at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Also related: Facebook’s auto-caption function is… not great pic.twitter.com/U23TkkCuYG — Mike Murphy (@mcwm) May 25, 2017. .” How Google is ruining the Web.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via The Seattle Times : “Shooter sent Facebook message to Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos before gunfire at UW protest, police say.” ” Via EdSource : “New program aims to create more uniform standards among linked learning academies.” ” Yup. An alt-right protester shot an antifa.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Technology is transforming education, with personalised learning at the heart of the curriculum. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ? . “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” Facebook has decided to obey the law , announcing this week that “ discriminatory advertising has no place on Facebook.”

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