NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. For one thing, not all OER are created equally good and not all commercial products are at all bad. 14 May 2016 .

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Mountain Heights Academy in Utah, the 2017 Student Voices Award winner, encourages students to participate in the instructional design process using an OER curriculum. Since the majority of their lessons and assignments are open educational resources (OER) they wanted to license their Operation Bee curriculum as OER.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs).

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2019

Among other things, the post discusses her role in my decision to abandon the phrase “open pedagogy” and adopt the phrase “OER-enabled pedagogy.” You can see the evolution of my thinking on the topic reflected in my blog posts over the years. ” (For more detail, reference the blog posts listed above.).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I am almost booked through January and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. OER Commons. About: One of the largest data bases of OER (Open Education Resources) for free classroom use. About: A wonderful kid centered blogging community that allows for a walled classroom. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over 3/4 full and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. OER Possibilities. This capability provides teachers the ability to use a multitude of OER (Open Education Resources) and web applications that are bountiful on the internet. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . As I prepare for ISTE 2016 I can’t help but think about the amazing thoughts and ideas that John Dewey has brought to education. I am now almost booked through October and the rest of the 2016 calendar is filling fast.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

Episode 114 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This means that you can write your own textbooks, share them, or use them as you would any other OER or open education resource. What makes Expii unique?

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Educator Innovator

MAY 3, 2018

Steve Zemelman’s Civic Action in Schools blog. You can also refer back to previous annotated articles at the Educator Innovator blog to access additional resources and connect conversations in this series. Watch an episode of CLTV with the author discussing this reading (episode airs on May 8, 2018). Illinois Writing Project.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over 3/4 full and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. ▪Textbooks and OER. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2016

I am now almost booked through the start of August, and the second half of the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Fast forward to 2016 and one will find many schools replacing their analog tools of the past with a new digital device. The nouns could point to numerous OER (Open Educational Resource) sites available on the internet.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

April 29, 2016. These new collections support new literacies and leverage the new bounty of open educational resources (OER) supported by the White House’s #GoOpen initiative, as well as streamed media, and software for creating and sharing powerful, effectively, ethically produced digital stories. We provide school-wide ROI.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 12:00 pm (PDT): Opening Keynote Panel: Defining the Library as Classroom Michael Stephens, Michael Casey, Brian Kenney, Joyce Valenza, and Jessamyn West. To review Dr. Stephen’s archive of work, visit his Tame the Web website and blog [link]. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. What then of the students?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. What then of the students?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Next Step in Global Collaboration From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Someone generously re-posted all the content from that blog to a Posterous site. Subscribe to their blog. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 14, 2016

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. This is a wonderful collection of blog posts that contain both writing and multimedia to display the Art in Science. Be sure to read the blogs, links, news, and research.

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Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 1, 2016

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in December 2016 and is re-posted here with permission. __ What was hot in educational technology in 2016 and what are some cool new things that are on the horizon for 2017?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. ” From the EdTech Researcher blog : “ Project Based Learning as Mindset.” ” “ Deloitte Publishes 2016 Digital Education Survey,” says Edsurge. .”

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Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

16 November 2016. As quoted in: Dobo, Nichole. “ How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools? ” The Hechinger Report. Will schools continue to accelerate the pace of blended learning – which incorporates technology into classes along with in-person instruction?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K. The business of OER. From the Edmodo blog : “We’re Partnering with Clever to Give Districts Automatic Digital Classrooms!” TBH, I still can’t remember what Unizin actually is. The business of Peter Thiel.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” Among the findings: “Business majors represented nearly 25 percent of all alcohol transports in the fall of 2016, despite constituting less than 12 percent of the student body.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” “Mitch Daniels Wants to Sell the Soul of Public Education: Purdue Faculty Must Stop Him,” the Academe blog argues. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” ( No disclosure about shared investors.). .”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” DOo11lof2f pic.twitter.com/NTi1mCbPOn — CB Insights (@CBinsights) June 30, 2016. ” Rebrand. .”

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. It’s not really an “exclusive” when you re-write a Google blog post , but oh well.

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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. Amazon Inspire.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. .” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. ” ORLY.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

“The data we don’t store cannot be stolen from us,” founder Hadi Partovi writes in a blog post. From Berkery Noyes, the “ Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report ” for the first half of 2016. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER. Surprising results from new study.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” From Course Report : “the 2016 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study.” ” Among the findings: “In 2016, the sheer number of bootcamp providers has grown to 91, compared to 67 last year.” . “Is Estonia the new Finland ?”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes. ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Winter Is Here: EdTech investments and M&A dropped significantly in 2016.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Via the Udacity blog : “Introducing the Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree program.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Value of Education Industry Sector Transactions Nosedives in 2016.”

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