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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). SAMR – Subsitution, Augmentation, Modification, Reinvention ( click for my article ). Tagged: acronym , acronyms , edtech , education , exxample , learning , tech , technology , terms. NGDLE – Next-generation Digital Learning Environment.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Listen to this article. . para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. . What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? Where do teachers find OER? . but should be). Click To Tweet.

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OERwashing: Beyond the Elephant Test

Doug Levin

I said my piece in the updated article that spurred my original comment (including that the service the company in question provides looks “interesting and valuable,” especially in the context of the K-12 assessment market). The Pro-OER Elephant Test. notOER https://t.co/q3CzWFNmJz. q3CzWFNmJz.

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Where Are All the Faculty in the Open Education Movement?

Edsurge

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer. Many working in open education praised me for being so involved in the movement as an educator dealing with OER on the ground.

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Using Tech to Support Literacy Across 13.8 Billion Years of History

Edsurge

Using OER is hard. Finding good lessons, videos, articles and activities is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. Freddy has been studying how kids learn to read for four decades and has written more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the subject. Elfrieda “Freddy” H. Source: BHP.

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In Search of OER’s Future and Edtech’s Missing Evidence at SXSW EDU

Edsurge

While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means. Still, sustainable ways to fund OER into the future remains an open question. Can evidence even keep up with edtech? Those models need to develop,” said Allen.

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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

Edsurge

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. case studies and articles I had purchased over the years). In 2013, Inside Higher Ed wrote an article about double-spending at universities. To be clear, I didn’t just stumble upon it either. There is clearly a disconnect here.

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