Advocacy Groups MOOC OER 
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
[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. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?
Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2017
Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m.
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ White nationalist group , seeking young recruits, targets college campuses.” Now, the hunt is on for the poopetrator.
Hack Education
APRIL 13, 2018
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Testing group says no; others are unconvinced.” “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” asks Chalkbeat’s Matt Barnum. ” Indeed.
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.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.
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