Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER. Much has been written about 2012 being “the year of OER.” Let’s hope it’s not the year OER peaks. These publisher platforms can have real benefits.

OER 60

OER LMS Pearson System 60

Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

They indicate the richness of today’s unfolding LMS discussion, and help illuminate where things might be headed. Text question from Ed Finn: OER Game Changer – Moodle Community could separate it from Canvas and Blackboard who keep these types of sharing resources behind a wall. Does that debate interest you at all?

Moodle 40

Moodle LMS OER Blackboard 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called 2017: RIP OER? , I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER. Much has been written about 2012 being “the year of OER.” ” Let’s hope it’s not the year OER peaks.

OER 60

OER Pearson System Assessment 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways.

Accessibility 62

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Partnership supports educators’ access to open educator-curated content. Through a seamless integration, teachers will have instant access to quality multimedia content to guide student-centric learning experiences, supporting the success of every student. “As

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LMS OER Future Ready Personalized Learning 61

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

It offers a large number of students access to study high-quality courses online through video streaming. Anyone can access these courses and there is no minimum qualification to take them. Learning Management System (LMS). Open Education Resources (OER). However, some courses are chargeable.

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MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

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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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 90

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There was a lot of discussion at OpenEd17 about the relationship between OER and value-added services like platforms. Most faculty don’t have the technical expertise, the time, or the institutional support to manage their own WordPress installation or do anything more with OER than adopt a free PDF in place of their textbook.

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 1, 2021

It started out as a question about OER, but has moved on to a conversation about the purposes of open more generally. If you start with my github repo, you can build an LMS, a web site, an online teaching system, and even a camera ready textbook ready for printing using 100% free software. It’s got everything you need.

Coursera 88

Coursera OER LMS Software 88

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).

OER 60

OER Khan Academy Moodle Meeting 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

Trends 200

Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 200

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 17, 2017

Are they denied access? Both of these products wrap significant additional functionality around OER. It wraps pre-assessments, in situ formative assessments, and summative assessments around OER. Like Waymaker, OHM wraps these and other features around OER. Are they denied access?

OER 60

OER LMS Assessment Course 60

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

OER 72

OER Academic Standards Policies Common Core 72

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

The report defines self-paced courseware as being accessed on a desktop or laptop and spanning the K-12, higher education, corporate training, and privately marketed software (such as that produced by language-learning company Rosetta Stone) sectors. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Since the U.S.

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Iterating Toward Openness

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Say, for example, that I want all my students to have access to the learning materials for my course, forever. Say, for example, that I have adopted OER instead of a commercial textbook for my class. I want all my students to have access to the learning materials for the course, forever. If I am, please do so!

OER 60

OER Exercises LMS Course 60

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

Data 100

Data LMS Competency Based Learning OER 100

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

Technology Support 112

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. What tools are in the LMS and other district approved applications that allow teachers to facilitate online instruction resulting in student deeper learning and understanding? What are all the capabilities of the district LMS?

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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Strategy OER Education Policies 145

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

Another persistent trend is challenges caused by growing user numbers and activites, including both generating and demanding more data, online behavior abuses, security threats, and challenges about accessibility. Another problem less well discussed is the challenge of accessibility. Now 65-75% of classes use the campus LMS.

Trends 40

Trends LMS VLE Technology 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m going to write a post or three about some of the friction that exists around using OER. There are some things about working with OER that are just harder or more painful than they need to be, and getting more people actively involved in using OER will require us to reduce or eliminate those points of friction.

OER 103

OER LMS Software Course 103

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. Stakeholders should assess their digital beliefs to see where they stand, and also consider tech affordability and accessibility with regard to digitization. Do vendors use CASE?

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. The LMS has long positioned itself as an “operating system,” of sorts for higher education. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I If so, what are they?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article.

OER 60

OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). That meant open source software, open education resources, and open access in scholarly publication.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 9, 2016

The tl;dr: Supporting effective OER adoption at scale has its problems. If OER adoption were to become widespread among the majority of faculty, it became clear that someone would need to do something more than create OER, post it on a website, and give conference talks about it. Background and Some Problems.

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Sakai 60

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 10, 2016

Because I can’t stop thinking about open, I’ve been pondering the relationship between solar power and OER. ”, “How can you sell OER if they’re free? ”, “How can you sell OER if they’re free?”, ”, and “If OER are free, why would anyone pay you?”

OER 60

OER Company Learning Analytics Outcomes 60

Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

Access and convenience remain major motivations that bring learners to open content. However, most people remain unaware of OER. Michael at Keene State College asked about taking advantage of open in an intentionally closed environment, like a learning management system (LMS). Now we’re seeing new business models appear.

Trends 42

Trends MOOC Coursera Education 42

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The new text book might instead be the LMS (Learning Management System). ▪Textbooks and OER. ▪Access Experts and Develop Skills. We must realize that while the hard copy textbook could be on its way out, there might not be a virtual digital textbook ready to take its place. ▪Doors that Open. ▪Delivery of Learning.

Technology 60

Technology Flipped Classroom Learning STEM 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” ” Stephen answers that his goal is access for all, and takes me to task for wanting more. Stephen’s goal is access for all. To me, access for all is a waypoint and not the end point.

OER 60

OER LMS Secondary Course 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. The breach affects 1.3 If not, why not?

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. The breach affects 1.3 If not, why not?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2020

Unlike any other technology on the market, RODA provides seamless access to print and digital materials, publisher and platform integrations, support services, analytics, financial controls, and compliance — all through one flexible and easy-to-use platform.

Course 59

Course LMS OER eBook 59

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well. Current funding for the creation of OER (when it’s available at all) typically focuses on the courses enrolling the largest number of students.

OER 192

OER LMS Resources Course 192

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 23, 2020

Another 75 million learners freely accessed the open educational resources on our website in 2019. It is also true that the overwhelming majority of non-LMS technology platforms that provide adaptive, assessment, and other complementary capabilities are neither openly licensed nor freely available. The Definition of “Open Textbook”.

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Assessment LMS Exercises Outcomes 85

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Google Classroom can be used for so much more than just your traditional classroom LMS. Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Stop buying lesson plans and worksheets and access the wonderful free resources available to you!

Google 95

Google eBook Assessment OER 95

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last week I promised I would write a few posts about reducing friction with regard to OER. In last week’s post I talked about how we’re making it ridiculously easy for students, faculty, and others to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of OER. This is still a very real risk for OER. ” you might ask.

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OER Secondary Software Outcomes 96