Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. They might assign resources from the campus library, which students experience as being “free” since the fee they pay in support of the library is bundled with their tuition.

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SpeechTechie

MAY 2, 2014

Tony Vincent , an amazing resource on technology integration and the author of Stick Around (in partnership with Explain Everything creators Morris Cooke), definitely sees these connections between language and learning, and has presented for our peeps at conferences such as those held by the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities in Florida.

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iPad Advocacy Libraries Conference 98

The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

(IE: the hard copy books of the reference section of our library) I do! No definition. Another step forward in Web Presence and Advocacy - & yes, Socialnomics: be where your customers are. I also love me my research databases Heck, I even made a animation video for them! but no explanation. No examples of real world use.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

Angie Perez and some of her classmates are studying together in a covered plaza that connects a classroom building with the law library at St. The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students and other advocacy groups are lobbying Congress to mandate training for graduate mentors and advisors. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. A committee gathers every Thursday morning in a conference room in the library to review these cases. “To All of this takes a toll on graduation rates.

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Course Report Policies Study 128

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The sense I got is that reducing textbook costs isn’t enough anymore, the advocacy has moved on to eliminating them. For many years now what people call OER advocacy has actually been “zero textbook cost” advocacy. library resources, traditionally copyrighted resources online, etc.),

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Policies OER Advocacy Education 99

Learning With Lucie

MARCH 2, 2016

DesignSaunders’s story of turning his library into a LABRARY not only provided us with one way to bring more innovation into our schools, but inspired us to find OUR way to penetrate the barriers and create the change we envision. I imagine this played out differently for each of us. but here is how it played out for me.

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Reading By Example

MAY 7, 2016

They can be located in an empty classroom, the library media center, or wherever creativity and innovation can be encouraged. Technology should definitely be included within a makerspace, but it is not required at a level you might assume.

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Survey Classroom Mobility Libraries 29

Reading By Example

MAY 7, 2016

They can be located in an empty classroom, the library media center, or wherever creativity and innovation can be encouraged. Technology should definitely be included within a makerspace, but it is not required at a level you might assume.

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Survey Classroom Mobility Libraries 28

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?” People certainly locate and learn from a wide range of resources in a wide range of informal settings in public libraries and online, but that’s not what I would call “adoption.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

It definitely made for a pretty horrible year and a half,” Smith said about the impact of a policy he called “both stupid and shortsighted.” And a coalition of advocacy groups in New York is pushing for legislation there like California’s. It’s an odd thing to say their fully paid-for past semesters aren’t theirs,” he said.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

According to the CoSN report, the standard definition of hurdles is a roadblock that forces schools to slow down, prepare themselves, and then make the leap. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 80

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To try to answer this question, I did a quick count of the titles listed in the Open Textbook Library , which is the biggest referatory of “whole course OER” that I’m aware of. It might lead one to ask: after two decades and dozens of hundreds of millions of dollars, how many university courses can be taught using OER today?

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Lesson plans and activities Anti-Bias Tools & Strategies (by ADL): A collection of ADL's articles ranging from teaching strategies to historical info to topical and definitional overviews, all aimed at anti-bias education.

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Resources Classroom Video Strategy 98

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. New features include a web-based teacher console, automatic keyword library updates, GDPR compliance support, and more.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

” It’s a terrible message to send to children–that once you become a teacher, you lose your right for self-advocacy. It’s not logical, by definition. And even if it’s a small move, like looking at classroom libraries and which history you’re teaching and who you’re centering.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said. “It took a burden off my shoulders,” Deas says.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. The Harvard Library Innovation Lab on link rot : “A Million Squandered: The ‘Million Dollar Homepage’ as a Decaying Digital Artifact.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The New York Times tried to keep track of all the 45th President’s falsehoods this year, but it seems to have abandoned its “ definitive list ” some time in July. Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills. It is now a key feature of his presidency.

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