Remove Article Remove Microsoft Remove OER Remove Personalized Learning
article thumbnail

Stereotyping, Behavior, and Belonging in the Open Education Community

Iterating Toward Openness

It’s a topic that I’ve been thinking about recently, particularly with yesterday’s revelation that Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation. ”, you declare, “the overwhelming majority of OER in the world are licensed in ways that permit commercial use, so what’s the problem?” “But wait!”,

OER 60
article thumbnail

Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article). I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” I have three pre-conference workshops that you may want to register for.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.) It’s a theme that runs throughout almost every article in this series.“Fake

article thumbnail

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. National) Education Politics. Her remarks.) Because technology imperialism.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. This isn’t a “meanwhile on campus story,” but I’m not sure where else to put articles about sexual harassment and sexual assault.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. ” What could possibly go wrong?

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Microsoft had a media event this week. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

Kaplan 46