Edsurge
OCTOBER 17, 2017
As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. I hear more often these days about teaching with free online materials instead of traditional textbooks (known as OER). I tend to focus on aspects of OER depending on the audience.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2016
But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If billion boost for E-Rate, the federal program that subsidizes broadband initiatives, amongst his accomplishments.
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edWeb.net
MAY 1, 2019
Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. There are no cap limits, no throttle rates, and no chastising schools when they need extra bandwidth. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. CEN also has a reputation for reliability.
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.
Learning with 'e's
OCTOBER 2, 2011
Just how many people will actually read an article in a closed journal? Often open access journals provide online forums for discussion of the articles presented. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Forget for a moment the ludicrous prices many publishers charge for personal and institutional subscriptions.
Doug Levin
MARCH 12, 2017
Tagged on: March 8, 2017 New Solutions—Not Just New Winners—In the Curriculum Marketplace | New America → Innovative uses of OER offer an entirely new way of answering the question of how we solve for inefficiencies in the curriculum marketplace, rather than just advocating for new winners. Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.
Hack Education
JANUARY 18, 2017
The Department of Justice , 21 states, and the District of Columbia have reached a $864 million settlement with Moody’s Investors Service over the company’s role in faulty credit ratings that led to the financial crisis of 2008. ” Let’s all point out how this article gets “the pioneers of the MOOC” wrong.
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