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?” The publisher (in cooperation with the universities) creates demand for the work by making it a required text (and then releasing edition after edition after edition of the work to discourage used book sales).

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OER LMS Secondary Course 60

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners. Ally is designed to integrate with a school district’s existing LMS and automatically runs class materials through an accessibility checklist that looks for common accessibility issues.

Tools 69

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The series provides grade-appropriate literary, science and social studies content and each book contains a text at a higher level with extra support to expedite students’ achievement. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

Epson 50

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 50

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

“Preparing for the Post-LMS World ” by Jonathan Rees. ” Chalkbeat’s Matt Barnum takes a close look at a new report from TNTP , the advocacy group formerly known as The New Teacher Project. “How Lego Came to Be the World’s Most Famous Brick,” according to Wired. Watch and see).

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Edsurge and Getting Smart promote venture capitalist Ryan Craig ’s new book A New U and the idea that “ faster + cheaper alternatives will replace most of higher ed.” .” Via The New York Times : “The New Toll of American Student Debt in 3 Charts.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The CEO of Safari Books left the company “ amidst massive layoffs.” ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. If those two say “ the LMS market glacier is melting ,” it’s probably melting. (I’m

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Tressie McMillan Cottom’s new book on for-profit higher ed reviewed by The New York Times. Offering “modules” in an LMS is, apparently, newsworthy. “New study raises concerns about impact of automated social media advocacy on education coverage,” says Alexander Russo. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46