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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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HyperDocs and the teacher librarian

NeverEndingSearch

The How-To Page recommends a five-step process for designing instruction: 1: Determine Objectives. They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs. They advocate a #Give1Take1 approach: How to Give: Log in to submit a HyperDoc or digital resource.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Overview : “Teach students how to maximize their creativity by turning them into creators as they write, illustrate, and verbalize their own stories. ” Here’s how it works: Create assignments. BONUS 1: How to Design Google PD That Works. BONUS 2: How to Market Yourself as a Trainer. Mark your calendars!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “What Happened to Facebook ’s Grand Plan to Wire the World?” ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Top Hat ’s OER Announcement: Doubling down on faculty engagement.” ” asks Wired.

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Reflections on Open Education and the Path Forward

Iterating Toward Openness

The recently published OER strategy document , as informative as it is, reads more like a list of issues and opportunities than what Michael Feldstein describes as “ rungs on a ladder of ambition.” This is a conversation we almost never have in the field of open education. What is our long-term goal?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Now, city leaders are trying to figure out how to spread the digital wealth to residents left behind. Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.

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