Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At the OpenEd Conference in 2013, Nicole Allen and I challenged the OER community to save students one billion dollars. SPARC have made the data available under the CC0 dedication and you can download them here. Below I present the results of some exploratory data analysis intended to answer basic questions. Quite the task!

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OER Data Analysis Secondary 114

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

They worked nights and weekends to develop the resource, which can be used digitally through a WordPress website or downloaded as a PDF. But OER advocates think open access course materials hold another kind of promise for students, too. They can with OER materials. Every course should be better every time it’s taught,” he says.

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Course OER Resources Education 176

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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OER Data Tools Trends 85

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , “Digital Curriculum Development: The Missing Time-Saving Link,” Daniel Ralyea, Director of the Office of Research and Data Analysis at the South Carolina Department of Education, and Mark T. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Learning with 'e's

JUNE 11, 2015

Clearly, the tensions he identifies require some analysis. We are now at the stage where at least 50% of academics have published in open access journals (Stats from Wiley), an there is a growth in Open Educational Resources including OER Commons , with many universities now providing free content. Unported License.

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MOOC OER Analysis Company 28

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. And they could be critical for baseline analysis of student skills and formative assessment. Argument Analysis : Students compare and evaluate two posts from a newspaper’s comment section. For more information.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60