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5 common insights from state education leaders

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Department of Education taking a step back from leading on educational initiatives, more and more we’re seeing SEAs working harder than ever to ensure all students have access to quality education. States are often looking for best-of-breed in each system, rather than all in one packages, making open systems and interoperability critical.

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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

Cybercriminals take advantage of any accessible information and, since adolescent identities and credit profiles are monitored less frequently, activity can go unnoticed until the victim is old enough to access credit. Conclusion. When it comes to data privacy, it’s important to remain aware and be proactive.

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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

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. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

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It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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Open, Value-Added Services, Interaction, and Learning

Iterating Toward Openness

In fact, for many faculty, simply using a hosted WordPress site or uploading a free PDF into their LMS is beyond their technical capability, available time, and institutional support. Students in all courses had access to openly licensed readings and interactive activities from Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children. She is a regular blogger for Getting Smart, Defined Learning, Neo LMS and STEM Informer. Most of these students were classified on the autism spectrum but had complex profiles.

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Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

Iterating Toward Openness

But courseware and related efforts have been shunned by many in the OER community because during the 2010s much of the community changed their focus from ‘improving access to educational opportunity’ to ‘ensuring that course materials are free for students.’ All because connecting to the internet costs money.

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