Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Student: I’ll study whether students learn better with OER than with traditional course materials! At this point I would pull a random book down from my shelf and open to the copyright statement near the front of the book. Student: (questioningly) Because you didn’t change the instructional design of the book in any way?

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

I’ll be writing a range of essays this year reflecting on two decades of work toward opening the core intellectual infrastructure of education (textbooks and other educational materials, assessments, and outcomes / objectives / competency statements) in order to increase access to and improve the effectiveness of education. Freeriders!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

The answer I give is maybe a little bit disappointing for people who are looking for a recipe of, just do this problem or just do these problems or just read this book. TIP: This story Po shares about math problem difficulty relating to athletic training is one that many students and teachers can relate to and understand. 00:06:00].

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). In terms of young people, immersive realities have the potential to address the characteristics of i nteractivity, connectivity, access identified in Eliza Dresang’s Radical Change Theory as critical in enhancing agency among digital youth. We are seeing movement way beyond hype.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

hl=en Social Studies Google Maps - https://maps.google.com/ G o Social Studies Go - A Good Alternative to Social Studies Textbooks - Multimedia books about US History, World History and World Religions. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipiccy-photo-editor/imokeandodnlammaoenbgcnbhigjbpjh?hl=en

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

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MindShift

JULY 11, 2016

The Liberty Public Schools district sees Langhorst and his colleague as front-runners in an important shift toward open educational resources (OER). But many teachers still have big questions about OER that will determine how many of them choose to adopt this approach to teaching and curriculum.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” million total.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Under her side business, Lone Pine Learning, Lindsay consults and trains faculty and librarians on effective pedagogy, instructional design, educational technology, elearning development, open licensing, and accessibility. link] Steven J. He has given hundreds of presentations at conferences, meetings, webinars, and workshops.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). Khosla is the founder and CEO of CK-12 , the 30-person nonprofit that she started in 2007 to deliver free digital books, particularly on math and science topics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Also on campus: sports analysis and training; campus tours. One looming challenge: accessibility. Questions of accessibility. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. Example uses: a virtual fossil; an augmented bus stop redesign.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Also on campus: sports analysis and training; campus tours. One looming challenge: accessibility. Questions of accessibility. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. Example uses: a virtual fossil; an augmented bus stop redesign.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Huge thanks! Recordings : all conference sessions are recorded and are available almost immediately after being given. Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” The seller: Book Dog Books. ” The Business of Job Training. Teacher strike stories are in the “labor and management” section below.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” Also via NPR : “‘I Hope This Will Set A Precedent,’ Says Trans Teen Who Won Case Over Bathroom Access.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Chalkbeat : “A growing Jeffco program trains future early childhood workers while they’re still in high school.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Department of Education at a convening here yesterday awarded recognition to 10 educational technology projects aiming to expand access to education and pipelines to the work force,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The Business of Job Training. “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? “The U.S. Edsurge was there too.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

. “Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves” – The NYT’s Nellie Bowles on tech billionaire Vinod Khosla ’s attempts to restrict access to the California coastline near his mansion. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Because “open.”).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Department of Veterans Affairs this week backed Ashford University ‘s attempt to shift its state-based eligibility for veterans’ benefits from Iowa to Arizona , likely preserving the for-profit university’s access to Post–9/11 GI Bill and active-duty military tuition benefits.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The Business of Job Training. ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : NYC schools Chancellor Richard “Carranza unveils capital plan with $750 million in fixes for disability access.” The Business of Job Training (and the Business of Jobs Giving Educational Benefits for Employees). Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” The Business of Job Training. That’s what I do here. ” Hooray.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

They returned a syllabus that was all-white in composition – not just in that the primary authors of the books selected contained no people of color but the books themselves largely avoided America's colonial-settler, chattel-slavery, and racist-imperial history.” ” Will for-profit higher ed be an election issue?

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” ” asks Ron Srigley in the Los Angeles Review of Books. ” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

" The sustainability of these courses – including the persistence of students’ own work – is precarious at best, as Coursera students discovered when the company informed them it would remove hundreds of old courses, along with their access to their coursework, from its site. To blame for the soaring cost of college?

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

See also: “ George Mason U Signs with Outsourcer to Train Students in Coding” via Campus Technology. ” “Scaling Educational Access ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. The Business of Job Training. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” LOL. (I

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