Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That figure includes texts procured legally, like open educational resources (known as OER), and illegally, such as pirated files shared through torrent websites. The decrease follows a trend of near-steady spending decline going back at least 10 years to 2007-2008, when students reported spending an average of $701 on course materials.

Course 149

Course OER Pearson Survey 149

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). Pearson agreed. If you’re interested, the full citation is: Wiley, D.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. ” (Yes, I’m tracking on this sort of thing as part of my 2017 “Top Ed-Tech Trends.”

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

" The sustainability of these courses – including the persistence of students’ own work – is precarious at best, as Coursera students discovered when the company informed them it would remove hundreds of old courses, along with their access to their coursework, from its site.

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40