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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Collaborative learners are adept at communicating, sharing ideas, and pooling resources to achieve common goals. In my experience, digitally proficient students are better equipped to access a vast range of learning resources and collaborate on a global scale. doi: 10.1108/IJCCSM-11-2016-0168. 6, eds Burke C. 9(682–706).

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Department of Education is looking for nonprofit organizations to help support its #GoOpen campaign to nurture state and district take-up of ‘open’ educational resources ,” says EdWeek’s Market Brief. I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review.

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“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. ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.”

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” ” (I guess this is some sort of follow-up to this 2016 story in Edsurge touting Education Element’s work helping districts implement personalized learning.). Teens as Adults.” “Try Google.”

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Kassner created Proctor U in 2008 with colleague Jarrod Morgan while serving as president of Andrew Jackson University (now known as New Charter University), and left the company in 2016.” ” That’s former Pearson exec Larry Singer , who now runs Open Up Resources. The company sold MinecraftEDU to Microsoft in 2016.

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Testing, Testing… “Most of the questions from New York ’s 2016 state tests are now public,” Chalkbeat reports. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Communications Experts Criticize Elsevier - Florida Pilot.” pic.twitter.com/hi32s3S9ke — Chris O'Connor (@ChristopOConnor) May 30, 2016.