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OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Next Year, It Will Become an Essential Teaching Tool

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Open educational resources (OER) have long been touted as “the next big thing” in higher education, but the drawn-out hype has led many educators and administrators to wonder if it would ever live up to its expectations. Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. That happened in 2017. Ohio University is doing the same.

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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

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And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Since professors typically require use of these tools to participate in class, students complain that they are essentially being charged to turn in their assignments.

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Innovation In E-learning In The Last 10 Years

EdTech4Beginners

Let’s take a look at the some of the innovation in E-learning industry in the last 10 years: The Usage of Smartphones. However, it has taken the e-learning industry by storm. This is the level of vitality of smartphones which makes it necessary for the e-learning industry to introduce mLearning, i.e., mobile learning on a large scale.

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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

It also helps schools reach goals like higher student success, better data analysis, more robust cybersecurity and easier access to education technology, the report’s authors explain. Interoperable networks don’t just allow teachers to share information with each other, but also streamline outside learning tools directly to students.

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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

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And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. A bundle that includes access to its other online tools, including MyLab and Mastering, costs about $79. But the company is not cutting the cord with print.

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

There are many changes I intend to make, but the most significant will be creating a book that is more “evergreen,” a book with less focus on tools and more on the dispositions of digital leaders. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book.

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Robots Won’t Replace Instructors, 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’

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An instructor can type in a concept or idea, such as “industrial design,” into the tool his team built, called Eureka!, Once the tool generates results, the instructor can identify which ones are most like what he means by “industrial design” or whichever term he used.

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