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Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free—and Be Financially Sustainable?

Edsurge

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. How are we adapting and evolving? The World Wide Web has transformed how we access, consume, create, and share information.

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From Silos to Sharing: Why Are Open Educational Resources Still So Hard to Find?

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For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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Why American higher education faculty tend to resist digital materials: new study

Bryan Alexander

Put another way, the classroom use of digital materials is a very divided space, and progress towards the digital is slow. “[One] tenth (11 percent) were using OER materials and 4 percent were currently using OER in their classes and also making their own course materials available as OER.”

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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

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First up, Google Education announced a new “casting” app for the classroom projector, released the “Expeditions” virtual reality app for all teachers and students, and added a new quizzing feature in Google Forms. We caught a few tidbits—take a look below. THE BIG GUYS: Here’s news from Google, ABCMouse, and Amazon. One of the top performers?

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With Adaptive Tech, Students Are Saving Money and Learning More

Edsurge

In addition, since classes always meet in a lab setting, the instructor has more flexibility to create learning activities not normally available in a traditional classroom or that feature a combination of lab, group, and lecture components. We also replaced the $150 textbook we were using with open education resources (OER).

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

The post 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Did I actually title this 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom? 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom. Idea Sparks – lesson ideas, apps to try, and other classroom inspiration.