NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. But it was clear to our little group, that to the larger majority of the participants, we were not even on the OER radar. Some OER background: Launched in October, GoOpen is a U.S. What are OER? We made an impact.

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OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short). Tory Patterson, co-founder of Owl Ventures As far as calling itself an OER platform, that is somewhat correct.

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OER Resources Education Software 107

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

MOOC also offers group collaboration and feedback through online evaluation. It is a software application that helps you create, track, and report training programme or educational courses anywhere using any device. Open Education Resources (OER). Many prestigious universities such as Harvard offers MOOC at minimal or no cost.

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MOOC Gamification OER Smartphone 127

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

“You can think about it as almost an Amazon-like self-publishing system plus Amazon Kindle store plus Amazon Kindle reader software for courseware,” said Feldstein. For years the ASU group built these adaptive experiences on a commercial platform sold by Smart Sparrow. going to be layering on a service.

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Pearson OER Software Course 119

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

As the title of the document makes explicit, the framework aims to contribute to the conversation about the sustainability of OER: “Toward a Sustainable OER Ecosystem: The Case for OER Stewardship” It’s a valuable contribution to that conversation. I struggle to see how this will be possible.

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OER Company Pearson Resources 61

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

The report is much later than usual—NMC had planned to release it in March—but Educause officials say they took pains to uphold the traditions of that group. And the group will continue to use the software developed by NMC to coordinate the research, which was among the assets purchased by Educause.

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Report OER Trends Industry 63

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

In late 1997 and early 1998, the free software movement had two problems that were impeding its growth. First, the way its proponents talked about free software came across as incredibly judgmental and holier-than-thou. ’ If you didn’t support free software it was due to your personal moral shortcomings. .’

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OER Software Company Microsoft 86

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

Public Interest Research Group, each new edition of a textbook cost 12 percent more than the previous one. Studies have shown that publishers previously justified raising prices by bundling textbooks with supplemental software that are rarely used. According to a study by U.S. It doesn’t matter what a publisher wants to sell.

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Pearson OER Company Knewton 158

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

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 6, 2017

It is quite possible that your catalog is the most expensive piece of software in your building. Collections are themed curated resources– digital scrapbooks –gathering a variety of media types to meet the needs of targeted groups of users. Are you leveraging it to its fullest potential? We can create text sets.

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OER Social Media Software Resources 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 11, 2022

I’ve been interested in sustainability models for OER for decades. Longtime readers may recall that the research group I founded at Utah State University in 2003, the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities group, became The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning in 2005, which I directed until I moved to BYU.)

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OER Analysis Software Outcomes 147

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

In three years as an investor at Reach Capital, an edtech venture fund, I’ve watched public, private and philanthropic dollars pour into school operations, adaptive software, data analytics, teacher development, and teacher tools in worthy attempts to improve education. More filler than fire-starter. Quantity over quality. It’s dispiriting.

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EdTech OER Industry Study 88

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How We Got Here In 1998, when I launched the OpenContent project and the first open license for educational materials and other creative works (that weren’t software), I encouraged anyone and everyone to openly license anything they were willing to openly license. And that’s essentially where innovation stopped.

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Strategy OER Education Policies 158

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Tyton Partners describes digital courseware as “instructional content that is scoped and sequenced to support delivery of an entire course through purpose-built software. These new initiatives include alternate education delivery models like competency-based and OER degree programs, or student-facing degree planning and advising tools.

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OER Assessment LMS Analysis 64

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

These digital tools help students master course learning goals by using data generated from students’ interactions with the adaptive software to predict what students should view or do next online. And as faculty become more comfortable with the software, we are finding that more students are completing lessons. adaptive technology.

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Learning OER Software Course 60

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

SchoolMessenger Passport allows districts to provide teachers, staff, parents and students with quick and secure access to online learning applications, open educational resources (OER), and a variety of school management and administration software programs using a single sign-on.

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CMS OER Social Media Microsoft 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article.

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

This task requires students to huddle in a group and write ideas on a large sheet of paper. It allows for both synchronous and asynchronous learning, individualization, differentiation, small group teaching and learning, self regulated learning, formative and summative assessment, and connections to outside people and resources.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

He attributes this theory to the role Asia now plays in the global economy with automation being software driven, and abundance of material in the market place. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 13, 2018

An open implementation of RISE was recently published in the Journal of Open Source Software. On average, we’re looking at a group of four individual items per individual learning outcome. Not just the OER itself, but the chapter and page number….

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OER Outcomes Assessment Analysis 97

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

That meant open source software, open education resources, and open access in scholarly publication. Several participants pointed out limitations on faculty time which block creation and even adoption of OER. Discussion connected my theme with Stephen’s via arguments about sustainability.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

To “ungate” in software is to allow a user to proceed to the next level or into a new section. In some software, gating is a way for teachers to lever up or hold back individual students so that they can surge forward if they are high achievers or remain with a group. By LeiLani Cauthen.

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Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

Note: I read some ambiguity in the legislative text both of how this 15 percent will be calculated and also what equipment, tools, software, and content might count toward that 15 percent cap and what might not. To be eligible for funds, every state will prepare and submit an application to the U.S.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software. It is provided free of charge.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2016

in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video). The most frequently cited definition of OER is the Hewlett Foundation definition : OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.

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OER Software Data Accessibility 60

techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software. Great read to support STEAM thinking in any educational setting.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 91

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last week I promised I would write a few posts about reducing friction with regard to OER. In last week’s post I talked about how we’re making it ridiculously easy for students, faculty, and others to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of OER. This is still a very real risk for OER. ” you might ask.

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OER Secondary Software Outcomes 102

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 14, 2016

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software. It is provided free of charge.

STEM 60

STEM Resources OER Conference 60

Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 1, 2016

I have created a Flickr group where teachers and students upload their 360°images for others to transform and use. Here is a group of 360° images I shot in Sydney, Australia this year. But it is not just the hardware and software improvements of the Chromebook that have made it a choice for many schools.

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Chromebook Android Trends OER 40