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?A Playbook to Go Open: 5 Steps to Adopting OER

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As momentum for digital learning builds, some districts—80 percent according to the 2017 Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) K12 IT Leadership Survey Report —are using open educational resources (OER), which the U.S. But while many benefits of OER are visible on the surface, we must notice the fine print.

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How an OER Rookie Dove Deep Into a Zero-Cost Textbook Degree Program

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The initiative intends to create degree pathways with courses that only use open educational resources, known as OER, so students don’t have to spend money on class materials. College of the Canyons’ history with OER starts before Anagnonson’s dabble, however. Using OER in those courses, she added, “really started out of necessity.”

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. Twenty-eight states have statewide networks, nine have regional networks, and 16 have alternative models, like purchasing consortia. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Check any guidelines provided by your state DOE. 2017 Beyond SAMR. 2017 STEM Dewey. 2017 STEM Makers. 2017 STEM PBL. 2017 STEM to Verbs. Digital Curriculum… 24 OER (Open Edu Resources) Free. It might go from text messaging, to email, to a a complete LMS. Resources From Michael Gorman. 2018 PBL A-G.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” The NAACP endorses OER. It’s 2017, and Wired still promotes a narrative that “ hackers ” are all young men. percent from 2017 to 2021.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades.