Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example. With OER, the report notes, “initial advances in the authoring platform or curation method of open resources is now overshadowed by campuswide OER initiatives and sophisticated publishing options that blend adaptive elements into an OER text.”

Report 64

Report OER Trends Industry 64

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

Peters says that some states ended up deciding to pick other platforms, like OER Commons , in their efforts to organize and review open materials created or used by their teachers. For a while the state was using a product called My Big Campus for the job, but that service was discontinued in 2015.

OER 110

OER Education Company System 110

Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”. OER Commons provides a database of free learning materials commonly used by teachers nationwide. Not all schools are built equally, but the coming years will see the rise of “digital classrooms” according to EdTech.

Technology 120

Technology Classroom BYOD OER 120

ProfHacker

MAY 26, 2017

The book includes two chapters by Audrey Watters, one of the “The history of the future of EdTech” and one on “Un-fathomable: the hidden history of EdTech” It also has chapters by people known for their critical approaches to edtech, such as Martin Weller, Lesley Gourlay, Jeremy Knox, Richard Hall and Neil Selwyn.

OER 71

OER EdTech Twitter Video 71

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. Although rentals are a good option approved by educational institutes, OER is yet to be widely accepted by educational institutes.

Technology 80

Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

billion drop in worldwide revenue from 2015 to 2021. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Similarly, the trend toward OER and greater competition among vendors is also expected to negatively impact the LMS market. percent for self-paced courseware, translating into an anticipated $13.3

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

The accelerator is a partnership formed in 2015 between Pasadena, CA-based nonprofit Michelson 20MM Foundation and San Francisco incubator Runway. Here are the five companies in the 2016 cohort: Lrnr : An adaptive-learning platform that uses open educational resources (OER). Educators can customize courses and monitor student progress.

OER 60

OER Company Outcomes Adaptive Learning 60

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.

Instructional Materials 387

Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

In 2014, I wrote about strategies for edtech success in the new school year , and in 2015, I wrote about edtech teaching trends for the new school year. Office of Education Technology launched GoOpen last year, OERs have gotten a big boost. Not ready to dig through all OERs and curate on your own?

OER 60

OER EdTech Learning iPad 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

May 29th - June 8th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Education Quotes and Commentary To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Future Ready Schools: 2015 School Leadership Summit will be held online using Google Hangouts on Air.

Libraries 28

Libraries Digital Citizenship Future Ready Conference 28

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). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. A 2015 regulation by the U.S.

Pearson 106

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 106

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

EDtech Top 50. Digital Curriculum… 24 OER (Open Edu Resources) Free. Top 40 2015 – Coming Soon. RSS – Posts. Follow me on Twitter. You are following this blog. You are following this blog, along with 16,386 other amazing people ( manage ). FETC Featured Speaker. Top 50 Education Innovator Award. Global Ed Hero Award.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. Edtech Digest’s Victor Rivero interviews Tory Patteron , a partner at Owl Ventures on how the firm is “Betting 185 Million Dollars on EdTech.” ” “How to Ungrade ” by UMW’s Jesse Stommel.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A state-court jury in Connecticut on Thursday sided with a fraternity whose house was closed by Wesleyan University in the fall of 2015 after the fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, resisted complying with a university mandate to admit women.” An Economist Rates Its Usefulness.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 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. Online Grade Portals. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

According to Edsurge’s calculations , “US Edtech Brings in $122M in June.” ” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill has updated a 2015 article with new data : “How Much Do Community College Students Actually Pay For Textbooks ?” ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER.

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. The governor, a Republican elected in 2015, announced on Friday that he had disbanded the university’s current 20-member Board of Trustees. .” weeks in 2015.”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

This coding bootcamp was acquired by the University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group , in 2015. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Via Edsurge : “How Much Do Educators Care About Edtech Efficacy ? .” The Iron Yard announced this week that it will also be closing.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40