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As OER Grows Up, Advocates Stress More Than Just Low Cost

Edsurge

Open educational resources hit a turning point in 2018. But fans of OER are increasingly facing a problem. While OER started off as free online textbooks, it still costs money to produce these materials, and professors often need guidance finding which ones are high quality. What have faculty attitudes been like towards this?

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OER, Capability, and Opportunity

Iterating Toward Openness

That is, by creating, sharing, and improving OER. When you work three jobs and still fail to make ends meet, there is little time or energy left in your day to take advantage of educational opportunities – even when they are free and appropriately localized. Does this mean we should stop working in open education?

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League Districts Take on Major Challenges Together

Digital Promise

The League of Innovative Schools (League) convened in Park City, Utah last week for the biannual #DPLIS meeting, co-hosted with Juab School District , Uinta County School District #1 , and Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. — El Segundo Unified (@ElSegundoUSD) October 12, 2018. Female students attended to details.

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The League of Innovative Schools’ 12 Days of Innovation

Digital Promise

2018 was an incredible year for the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools and Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters). In 2018, we welcomed 12 new districts: Arcadia Unified School District , D.C. Representatives from our 12 new districts and 7 interim districts met at the fall 2018 League meeting in Park City, UT.

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How our district is making math relevant

eSchool News

To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize how to do something. Choosing an OER turned out to be a great way to garner teacher buy-in, which is essential to the success of any instructional program.

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Small District Offers Students Big Possibilities

Education Superhighway

Over a third of America’s smallest school districts are already meeting the FCC’s 1 Mbps per student Internet connection goal for 2018, according to our newly released 2018 State of the States report. The decision to be an early adopter of OER put the one-school district on the map, earning a visit in 2015 from then-U.S.

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5 Ways Video Games Transform Learning and Prepare Students for Tomorrow's Jobs

Edsurge

Learn more about gaming while at ISTE—and beyond: Book a meeting at ISTE 2018 to learn about Classcraft’s Engagement Management System for schools and districts, and the Quests Marketplace featuring partners like Google Education, Discovery Educator Network, Newsela, LRNG, Breakout EDU and OER Commons.

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