Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. Scheines, Leinhardt, Smith, Cho, (2005). Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann. I reached out to Werner and specifically verified this. Research at CMU.

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Khan Academy OER Case Study System 106

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Between 2005 and 2007, productivity increased by 41% and employee turnover decreased by 90%. Self-advocacy, union participation, and quiet quitting are some possible responses for teachers. For more ideas on dealing with this, check out Angela’s article on principals who don’t “get it.”. Liberate the potential of each person.

Classroom 52

Classroom Company Course Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. Of the dozen or so school leaders interviewed for this article, not one had a definitive answer for why the projections were so inflated.

Elementary 69

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 69

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” So I’m including a lot of events in this article that are not “ed-tech” per se. “Tech” and the Presidential Election.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

. “Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes -- think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. In the new year, look for an article on me on how Montessori has been rebranded to support ed-tech marketing.

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In August, 2017, Jennifer became Head of School at Gimnasio Los Caobos, a project-based preK-12 school outside of Bogotá, Colombia, where she also writes articles on education for various Colombian publications. I used to work in cafes and restaurants and in 2005 me and friend of mine set up this company with social responsibility.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72