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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APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). The NAACP endorses OER. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright.

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MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Thomas Pogge , one of the world’s most prominent ethicists, stands accused of manipulating students to gain sexual advantage,” says Buzzfeed in an article about allegations – an “open secret” apparently – about the Yale professor. ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences,” says Inside Higher Ed. National) Education Politics. Memos from HR.

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JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. From this article, I learned that Sal Khan earns more than $540,000 a year.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

According to the Babson Survey Research Group, which released the last of its annual surveys of online education this year , “more than one in four students (28%) now take at least one distance education course (a total of 5,828,826 students, a year-to-year increase of 217,275).” last year to 63.3% last year to 63.3%

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