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.

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Course OER Pearson Survey 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Knewton has raised $25 million in a new funding round—the eighth since it launched in 2008. Alta at a Glance With Alta, Knewton aims to combine third-party open educational resources (OER) with assessments and the adaptive-learning technology created by the company to inform how students progress through the content.

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Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 64

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. In 2008, ODH awarded him just under $12,000 to study approaches to managing and collecting born-digital materials.

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Libraries OER Case Study Robotics 124

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 25, 2011

I first visited Lisbon in 2008 when I attended the EDEN Annual Conference and picked up a Fellowship award. I also had the distinct pleasure of meeting up with prolific Twitter activist Paulo Simoes for the first time, and also spent some time with charismatic OER guru Wayne Mackintosh. Cologne, Germany.

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Conference OER Meeting Twitter 50

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). If you make it too expensive, colleges are going to look harder at OER,” she said.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 107

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Angela Baker is a digital content manager who works for the Georgia Department of Education to promote the use of OER content in classrooms by providing evaluated and aligned OER content through Georgia’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System or SLDS applications.

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Data Report OER Policies 40

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

The recently published OER strategy document , as informative as it is, reads more like a list of issues and opportunities than what Michael Feldstein describes as “ rungs on a ladder of ambition.” From 2003 – 2008 I focused on the evangelism problem. What is our long-term goal?

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OER Education Course Resources 60

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges. .” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Last year Achieving the Dream began a $9.8-million ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “5 Cocktail-Party-Conversation Findings From the Latest Survey of College Presidents.”

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Justice , 21 states, and the District of Columbia have reached a $864 million settlement with Moody’s Investors Service over the company’s role in faulty credit ratings that led to the financial crisis of 2008. Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.”

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade. Aaron Swartz, 2008. Edsurge ’s Tony Wan asked in 2016.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The spending at public four-year colleges and universities rose, on average, by 2 to 3%, “the largest such increase since the start of the recession in 2008.” There have also been efforts to expand college degree programs that rely entirely on OER. of courses use OER. I was skeptical then ; I am skeptical now.

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40