Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 31, 2022
This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”
Edsurge
JANUARY 25, 2019
And what do they foresee for 2019? What are the three topics or trends that will dominate higher education in 2019? In 2019 we will see significant investment and hopefully innovation in this sector. How did that play out and what should we expect for 2019? Look to more Facebook/Pathstream-like partnerships in 2019.
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NeverEndingSearch
MAY 6, 2019
And what does it look like when the librarian, armed with a rich OER toolkit, regularly curates urgently needed, high-quality, flexible, no- or low-cost digital tools and content across the curriculum, expertly modeling that practice for the entire learning community?
Edsurge
MARCH 3, 2020
OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future. “It It is moving up the adoption ladder,” says Susan Grajek, vice president of communities and research for Educause, of OER. “It In the U.S.,
Digital Promise
APRIL 25, 2019
To address this need, Digital Promise, with the support of the Hewlett Foundation, is convening an Open Educational Resources (OER) Deeper Learning for NGSS Challenge Collaborative to create freely available units of instruction. Challenge Collaborative explores connections between Deeper Learning and the Next Generation Science Standards.
Edsurge
JULY 8, 2020
It considered all adoption types, from traditional publishers, to local curriculum creation, to open educational resources (OER). Note: This survey was conducted in fall 2019, before COVID-19 transformed K-12 education and forced nearly every school in the U.S. Below are three takeaways from the report. Clear and obvious patterns are.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 25, 2019
I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.
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