Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2017
With course materials averaging around $1,200 per year , many colleges over the past decade have adopted open educational resources (OER) to cut costs for students. One review offers evidence that students using OER as their primary course material sometimes perform better.) This isn’t uncommon.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
IBM’s famous Watson computing system—which defeated Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings in 2011—is coming to education, if not quite the classroom. Populating the search engine is a collection of more than 1,000 OERs—from sources such as Achieve, UnboundED and statewide orgs like EngageNY—hand-selected by math experts assisting the program.
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NeverEndingSearch
MAY 14, 2020
I know, from the data we collected, that these interfaces were used, heavily used. 2011) Evolving the Virtual School Library, Part 1: Deconstructing My Own Interface. website evolution. In fact, they were used even more heavily when we moved to a 1:1 climate. Valenza, J.K. TechLearning. Valenza, J.K. It’d be Really Dumb Not to Use It.
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2020
The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 million in venture capital.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 1, 2015
But as a community, faculty largely accept publishers’ claim that “process = high quality” and don’t ask for outcomes or results data as part of our textbook or other materials adoption process. It’s a blatant attempt by publishers at keeping fresh competition – including OER – at bay.
Edsurge
MAY 12, 2017
The publisher co-led the New York City-based company’s $33 million Series D round in October 2011, hailed at the time as a strategic investment and a major vote of confidence in Knewton’s potential. He is now CEO of a stealth startup, Bakpax, but did not offer any detail on the new company other than “it’s a big data and education play.”
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
He manages a portfolio of grants focused on building equitable digital communities, including open educational resources (OER), digital inclusion, data privacy and security, open data, civic technology and e-books. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 2011.
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