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From Silos to Sharing: Why Are Open Educational Resources Still So Hard to Find?

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For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Forty-two states and Washington, D.C.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. ” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” More LAUSD news in the legal section below.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).