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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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How to sort the good from the bad in OER

The Hechinger Report

These OER – open educational resources – may be good, bad or indifferent. There’s more bad OER out there than good; that’s a fact,” said Rebecca Kockler, assistant superintendent of academic instruction for the state of Louisiana, at the annual SXSWedu conference last week in Austin, Texas. Using OER wasn’t our goal,” Kockler said.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” The links below provide you an opportunity to learn more about Open Education Resources.

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TCC Takes Z-Degrees to the Next Level With Adaptive Learning

Edsurge

Now benefits like those cost reductions and higher student success rates are prompting the school to roll out more Z-degrees programs and extend its partnership with Lumen Learning by piloting next-generation adaptive OER courseware. But Tidewater doesn’t have plans for total conversion to OER, despite the benefits.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalized learning.” The company has raised some $77.5

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Digital Courseware or ePUB – Which is the Future of Higher Education?

Kitaboo on EdTech

Textbook Bundles – Printed textbooks are converted to eBooks with supplemental materials and assessments, making the course complete. Adjusted Learning Experiences – The courseware includes regular and immediate feedback loop for students, often in combination with assessment and assignment tools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. link] pic.twitter.com/XT9iGmcrJs — Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) September 13, 2017. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.”