Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. This is why I refer to this line of advocacy as “free no matter the cost.” There are plenty of practical reasons why this might have happened.

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OER Advocacy Outcomes Instructional Materials 108

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, 39 percent of schools reported that lack of access to licensed professionals and mental health funding were major roadblocks to their efforts supporting student mental health. Nearly 90 percent of schools reported increased social and emotional support for students during the 2021-22 academic year.

Resources 173

Resources Advocacy Secondary Report 173

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The findings, based on surveys conducted last spring by the RAND Corporation, shed light on the uneven access students have to advanced math classes in middle school, which can have lasting effects on their higher education and job prospects. Are a lot of students of color, for example, in the lower track? What’s happening there?”

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Survey Elementary Policies Report 102

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

While one client may want to pursue a skill like handwriting, another may be more interested in developing self-advocacy, decision-making, or goal setting skills. This gives me hope that other schools can broaden access to OT services for their students, too.

Advocacy 121

Advocacy Secondary Study Training 121

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

For example, Georgia State University, which serves many students of color and low-income students, has improved its graduation rate by investing in academic advising and a predictive analytics system that identifies students who may be struggling. Several institutions have already had success putting these kinds of programs into action.

Advocacy 178

Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 178

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. Without conceptualizing an explanatory mechanism—a reason to believe a difference might exist—they simply compare the outcomes of students whose required course materials are openly licensed with those whose materials are traditionally copyrighted.

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As she made progress toward her major, chemistry, and needed fewer courses directly related to that degree, the state grant she relied on covered fewer of her credit hours, leaving her with thousands more dollars to pay. That meant she couldn’t sign up for courses for the upcoming semester. Of course I said yes.” She felt stuck.

Advocacy 169

Advocacy Survey Study System 169

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Wybrant cites the North Dakota Access Pipeline as an example. The people who had the problem didn’t have access to solve it.”

Accessibility 90

Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 90

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

million students accessed the Common App, created a profile and began working on at least one application. He and Preston Magouirk, chief data officer at the nonprofit DC College Access Program, took that step back. Of course, there are other ways to apply to college beyond the Common App. This study shows otherwise.

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Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Through advocacy on campuses and in communities and ongoing state and federal investment in the real cost of higher education—including housing, food and other supports—we can and should make a firm commitment to students who are doing everything they can to become economically self-sufficient. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Advocacy 194

Advocacy Survey System Industry 194

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Elizabeth Forward School District leaders, for example, knew it was time to innovate when local employers informed them the district had hundreds of entry-level coding jobs that needed to be filled. VPS students have access to diverse courses such as coding, Python, robotics, and electronic applications, to name a few.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 211

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

For example, its annual Homecoming celebrations were hard to pull off virtually, she says. But college courses? It’s an undertaking from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropy that supports HBCUs through scholarships to students, grants to higher ed institutions and advocacy for educating African Americans.

Education 157

Education Course Blackboard System 157

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She attends a highly resourced school with computer science courses, well-trained teachers and one computing device per student. She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. Only 60 percent of these families had access to computers or broadband internet at home.

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System EdTech Digital Divide Education 137

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. For example, we asked from the very beginning—and indeed throughout our nine-year effort— “What is best for ALL of our kids, especially those furthest from opportunity now?” Of course, our work is not done yet.

Policies 174

Policies Advocacy Strategy Groups 174

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide.

Advocacy 129

Advocacy Case Study Study Elementary 129

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2023

The time has come to face up to a troubling fact: Affirmative action is a policy designed to affect access to higher education, but many colleges have never sufficiently addressed their role in preparing students for a successful transition to life in college or gone beyond a laissez-faire approach to providing supports once they get in.

Accessibility 100

Accessibility Advocacy Study System 100

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It has also forced school leaders to become more creative, outspoken and innovative in their advocacy and leadership—lessons they will take with them to help drive change in 2021. They’ve strengthened their resolve as leaders and set the example for other decision-makers in their communities. People are resilient.

Learning 180

Learning Assessment Advocacy System 180

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education.

Accessibility 62

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. Don’t just think about access and enrollment,” Jackson says.

E-rate 133

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 133

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

More than a Month: Strategies for Increasing Accessibility and Inclusion A culture of disability inclusion and accessibility does not happen by accident. For example, the larger font sizes on your slide deck benefit those with low vision but also those sitting at the back of the room, who forgot their glasses, or who have a headache.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Of course, issues of privacy and security are related, but not the same. Nonetheless, as schools rely more and more on the internet for the delivery of core education programs and services we must remain cognizant of the ways in which our use of the technology may represent potential new threats to students and school communities.

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Education is an example of what’s called “recovery capital,” something earned that makes long-term recovery more likely. At two-year institutions, admission is accessible, tuition is affordable, and flexible coursework fits into schedules complicated not only by jobs and families, but counseling, support groups and doctor visits. “I

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Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

They didn’t have a high-tech classroom with fancy equipment — in fact most students didn’t even have laptops or access to the internet. At the start of the program, students are given an inexpensive smartphone with internet access, which they get to keep once they complete the program.

Learning 143

Learning Advocacy Report Google 143

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

UNESCO’s canonical definition of OER does not require “free public access” to a resource for that resource to be an OER, as some have tried to argue it should. This is wonderful news in light of recent attempts to stuff a free public access requirement into OER definitions. (I emphasis added).

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OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 119

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2022

It’s a small but noteworthy example of a new emphasis at colleges and universities on plugging the steady drip of dropouts who end up with little to show for their time and tuition, wasting taxpayer money that subsidizes public universities and leaving employers without enough of the graduates they need to fill jobs. Dickinson stayed.

Dropout 114

Dropout Report Advocacy Accessibility 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Remind is a good example of this because professors can easily and privately share with a whole class, or groups within a class, relevant course materials.

Mobility 84

Mobility OER Technology BYOD 84

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. One of the easiest places to cut the budget is in financial aid.

Advocacy 96

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 96

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. These systems are really just attempts by publishers to increase revenues by forcing students to buy access codes that can’t be resold.”

Khan Academy 106

Khan Academy OER Case Study System 106

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Each topic will be delivered through the following content formats: a three-page publication brief providing foundational elements and promising practices, an online mini-course walking through topic principles and practices, and a webinar showcasing relevant examples from district level leaders.

Future Ready 52

Future Ready Advocacy Resources Strategy 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In some states, the graduation rate gaps are particularly acute: At every four-year public college in Illinois and Missouri with data available, for example, there was a gap of at least 14 percentage points between white and Black students in 2019. What are you going to do?” Ortiz-Licon said. The financial challenges. What is it about me?”

Report 144

Report Course Advocacy Policies 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Some use online programs or software to give students access to content at their individual level , allowing them to move through lessons at their own pace. For example, Damont Morgan, a seventh grader, is among a group of students testing out their ideas about the school day. It makes personalized learning a strategy for equity.

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Personalized Learning Strategy Education Learning 96

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

Department of Education, for reasons including cost and access. said Steve Yadzinski, who works on innovations in workforce technology for Jobs for the Future — an advocacy group that makes its own job finalists take on work-related projects as a part of the decision process.

Company 143

Company Assessment Report Gamification 143

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community. Approximately 50 schools have libraries with catalog systems, and all schools have a subscription to PA Power Library, which makes libraries virtually accessible to all schools.

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Resources Libraries Advocacy Accessibility 106

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s restructuring the relationship between a student and his or her institution,” says James Toscano, president of Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust , the nonprofit advocacy organization that is taking the lead in promoting the bill of rights. This is a consumer-protection agenda.

Advocacy 151

Advocacy Policies Conference Data 151

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 9, 2022

Of course, this is expected and not problematic. Furthermore, these sorts of teachers serve as role models to students since they are examples of what self-regulation during challenging times can look like. Polan is a great example of teaching with equanimity. It eliminates clinging and aversion.”. 2 Create protocols.

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Exercises Examples Advocacy System 98

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open. A few examples include: Automattic provides a broad range of for-fee, value-added services around the open source WordPress software, including WordPress.com (hosting), WordPress.com VIP (hosting), Akismet (anti-spam), Jetpack (security), and many others.

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. Her sisters “were an example and I wanted to be like them,” Alvarado said. There’s still work to be done.

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Groups Advocacy Report Study 97