Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER.

Pearson 88

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 88

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Digital textbooks are cost-effective and create equitable, engaging and flexible learning experiences. They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. Second graders will learn about early India and China with this digital textbook. What’s not to love?

How To 130

How To Classroom Common Core Hapara 130

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!)

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Cleon Franklin, a great innovator and former Director of Virtual Schools and Online Learning at Shelby County Schools, said a very interesting thing about what happens when you ungate students. Now imagine that it is possible via custom software and virtual world learning environments. Leveraging Technology without Gating.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today is the first day in a daily, two-month free online summit focused on home-based and home-centered learning. Whether by circumstance or choice, learning at home is now the reality for more students than ever. Understanding when, where, and how learning takes place has never been more important. Blended Learning ?

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OER Digital Citizenship Blended Learning Social Media 45

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

These concerns are real and often become roadblocks for student learning. As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Commit to Personalized Professional Learning.

EdTech 189

EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

What we're learning over time is that, of course, Wikipedia had and still has problems with accuracy and relevance. I hear more often these days about teaching with free online materials instead of traditional textbooks (known as OER). The OER conversation is very energized right now, and it's a complex conversation. Absolutely.

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OER Education E-rate Social Media 90

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. It is essential to translate practice in order to communicate with our stakeholders and to support and inspire learning. Whether or not we are planning for a virtual experience in September, it is clear that we need to translate our practice.

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Libraries OER Wiki Strategy 145

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

They don’t hate learning – they hate wasting time and energy and effort. “You promise learn. My colleagues in the Open Education Group and I like to say that when you’re considering the outcomes of research on OER adoption, there are “two ways to win.” Students save money and learn more.

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Assessment OER Outcomes Examples 105

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 20, 2020

It ensured that others recognized the impact of my work on our learning culture. It’s likely, you have already engaged in translating practice for teaching and learning. How have you led in curating and integrating OER? Here are several compelling reasons why, this is the year you must start documenting your impact.

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Report Adobe OER eBook 138

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

They argue that putatively equitable technologies actually reinstate social inequalities. They worry that the pedagogical benefits of having students participate in the open web and/or social media might be cancelled out by trolls, hate speech and other forms of online abuse.

Trends 97

Trends LMS Social Media Education 97

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Along the way they experience collateral benefits of developing learning agility, building social capital and demonstrating creativity. Curating OER. Clearly, curation is not only about OER.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Last week Martin Dougiamas, the creator of Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning management system, joined our Future Trends Forum to discuss the future of that technology. I see it as similar to the Canvas Commons for resources with a social media component? Thank you. . Does that debate interest you at all?

Moodle 40

Moodle LMS OER Blackboard 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 6, 2017

Collections can help reduce instructional planning and research time, maximizes visibility and usage of your educational resources, and encourages deeper learning in and outside the classroom. You can search for Open Educational Resources (OER) within Destiny Discover and immediately add them to your collections.

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OER Social Media Software Resources 40

techlearning

MARCH 15, 2018

The world of learning has evolved rapidly in the past decade. Social Media. It’s about learning.” At Tech & Learning, our hope is that by sharing your stories through our conferences, magazine, and website, we can help your school’s marriage between curriculum and IT not just survive, but thrive. Data Privacy.

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OER Social Media Mobility Conference 41

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

For instance, Kasey Bell generously shared her own resource-packed presentations on her Shake Up Learning Blog prior to the conference. I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. Here are our slides.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

Last year, my students learned to program apps using MAD-Learn and released two apps onto the app store. We are working to unleash student creativity and compassion as they collaborate, innovate, and learn together. MAD about Mattering is a new project that is a dream come true for me! This first project will be smaller.

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150

ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Now Mike has published an OER textbook, Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. While both these activities are valuable, neither addresses a set of real problems students confront daily: evaluating the information that reaches them through their social media streams. How to Use Previous Work.

Resources 89

Resources OER Social Media Exercises 89

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. Tagged on: August 18, 2017 Is classroom technology good for learning or wasting time? Not all of these things can be true.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2016

District leaders have a lot on their plate, but it’s more important than ever to ensure that technology is supporting a school district’s learning goals. These districts are taking new and innovative approaches to how technology can advance learning goals, improve instruction, and make students feel safe and secure.

E-rate 42

E-rate OER Digital Citizenship Social Media 42

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 29, 2012

Digital Learning Futures View more presentations from Steve Wheeler As I write this blog post, the above slideshow has received almost 18,000 views in just 48 hours since it was posted up onto Slideshare. I also discussed pedagogical issues such as deep and surface learning, creative thinking and the transformation of knowledge consumption.

Digital Learning 58

Digital Learning Social Media Gamification Learning 58

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

Higher level thinkers don’t just magically emerge from lower level learning spaces. If we want student learning to change, we have to change teaching and schooling. each regional Area Education Agency had the capacity to help its districts create project-based learning ‘incubators?’ Bottom line. some may already).

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Education OER Future Ready Blended Learning 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our two-month, free, online summit focused on home-based and home-centered learning officially started last week. Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Sign up now: [link] Whether by circumstance or choice, learning at home is now the reality for more students than ever.

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The format is informal and the goal is for you to meet and get to know some of your online heroes, as well as to recap learnings from the day’s events and to look ahead to what’s next in CEM. Esther Wojcicki : Educator, journalist, IT & OER consultant. We have lots of fun, and we hope you will join us! Sam Chaltain: Democracy.

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Meeting Sony OER Adobe 54

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.

CMS 40

CMS OER Social Media Microsoft 40

Graphite Blog

MAY 4, 2016

With so much out there, it can be difficult to figure out what is and isn't suitable for classroom use -- not to mention what will interest students long enough to tear them away from what’s trending on social media. Students learn to cite sources as part of educational and academic norms from a young age.

OER 40

OER Handbook Examples Social Media 40

Graphite Blog

MAY 4, 2016

With so much out there, it can be difficult to figure out what is and isn't suitable for classroom use -- not to mention what will interest students long enough to tear them away from what’s trending on social media. Students learn to cite sources as part of educational and academic norms from a young age.

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OER Handbook Examples Social Media 40

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 18, 2018

Come and hear from the AASL Best Websites for Teaching & Learning Committee as they highlight and explore the newly named 2018 Best Websites. These recognized sites fall into category areas such as digital storytelling, media sharing, manage and organize, as well as social media and communication.

How To 41

How To Social Media Trends OER 41

Tech Helpful

APRIL 4, 2016

The upside for me is that I can share the things I learn about with MANY different teachers. Many of our students need consistency in learning because constant change throws them into a state of disruption. Do you want your students to create ways to share their learning other than a test? Some kids just don't like change.

Khan Academy 54

Khan Academy OER Social Media Meeting 54

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

There is no mention for example of the New Zealand based OER University (or its founder Wayne McIntosh) and the ground breaking work they are doing to transform open educational practices in higher education. Kamenetz eulogises over blogs which she describes as nodes in a vast, informal network of learning and opportunity.

OER 60

OER MOOC Education iPhone 60

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

These tasks are perfect for learning across the curriculum and especially for librarian-led learning. Claims on Social Media : Students consider the sources of a tweet and the information contained in it in order to describe what makes it both a useful and not useful source of information. What do other sources say?

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The post 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Here’s how Google describes it : “ The Chromebook App Hub , an online resource to help educators, administrators and developers work together to learn about Chromebook apps and activity ideas for schools. Yes, I did!

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Instructional Designers, technologists, and online learning specialists are in high demand across all levels of education as it shifts online. Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryid on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Steven is a past-president of ACRL.

Libraries 31

Libraries Conference OER Social Media 31

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? It''s nearly always a good thing to have people engaged with learning - it''s better than having a population sitting around watching reality TV for instance. Unported License.

MOOC 28

MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The call for proposals is now open.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48