Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

One popular draw to open educational resources is that these openly-licensed learning materials can—and are often encouraged to—be tailored for a particular professor or course. Communications librarian Kristen Hoffman oversees much of the OER work at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian university in Washington.

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OER Libraries Course Study 110

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Adoption of digital learning resources is taking hold in schools and districts across the United States. Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students and spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content, according to Education Week.

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OER CMS Guidelines Digital Learning 92

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

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. additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map , including a couple of new TV news reports of the same.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

He declined to disclose the value of the deal, but said the price reported by The Globe and Mail—under $30 million—is in the ballpark. The company acquired the K-12 publishing business of McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 2017. Those assets amount to Nelson’s entire domestic higher-ed textbook business in the country. billion in 2018.

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Knewton Company OER Pearson 126

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. million last year from the U.S.

Pearson 99

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 99

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62