Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). And there's the fact that surveys show many students still prefer printed textbooks to digital ones.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 113

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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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2016

The article makes a strong argument for the importance of interoperability among learning platforms, tools, and content. While I think this is more accidental than malicious, as I’ll explain below, the article needs a clear response. give a copy of the content to a friend). Open Educational Resources. GPL or Creative Commons).

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OER Software Data Accessibility 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Teachers concur: in a recent survey by Education Week , just 18 percent of teachers strongly agreed that their materials are standards-aligned. Increasingly, ‘early mover’ districts support OER at a district level, to reflect constraints on teacher time. Each district allocated meaningful time for participants to drive the work.

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Resources Instructional Materials OER Elementary 97

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The twenty assessments include: Evaluating Wikipedia : Students evaluate the trustworthiness of an article on Wikipedia, assessing whether they can reason about the specific features that make a Wikipedia article more or less reliable. Comparing Articles : Students determine whether a news story or a sponsored post is more reliable.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above. .” Congrats, everyone.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” From the article: Zuckerberg revealed that he wants to ensure that education has a chance to flourish in VR. ” “ Deloitte Publishes 2016 Digital Education Survey,” says Edsurge. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” (Dead) Lady Macbeth?

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.). million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges. ” That is the Sophie B. .”

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Educause has published an article about “ The Mastery Transcript Consortium ,” a group of independent schools that are “reinventing” the college transcript. (I’m IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” asks the Student Experience Manager of the Minerva Project in an article in Edsurge. Job search site Indeed.com surveyed 1000 HR managers and tech recruiters. .” ( No disclosure about shared investors.). So Why Not in College?”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. ” Edsurge on a YouGov/Microsoft poll of parents: “Survey Says: Parents Think Tech Companies Should Help Build Kids’ Digital Skills.” That is all.

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. ” Rebrand.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

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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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). The NAACP endorses OER. ” Although this Wall Street Journal article is about the tech industry broadly, it’s still worth noting: “ Once-Flush Startups Struggle to Stay Alive as Investors Get Pickier.”

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” More via OPB.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s more “research” (or at least a write-up of a survey) on student loan debt in “the business of financial aid” section above. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.”

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

More on the National Crime Victimization Survey via Politico. ” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill has updated a 2015 article with new data : “How Much Do Community College Students Actually Pay For Textbooks ? .” ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER.

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Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

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. ” Via Mark Guzdial’s Computing Education Blog : “ Google-Gallup Survey now Disaggregated by States: Fascinating and confusing reading.”

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” And I am not even linking to the National Review article promoting this racist crap. Edsurge on the business of OER. Via NPR : “More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work.”

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

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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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Perhaps I need to start a new section in this article where I look at these sorts of b t predictions and proclamations and cliches. Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes.

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. “Trump Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself” – a translation of an article that appeared in Das Magazin in December about Cambridge Analytica and the use of psychological profiling and Facebook.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

So, no doubt, were several articles by and about Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein and his defense of Trump and DeVos. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” Via Chalkbeat : “Skipping meals to afford books: College students’ financial woes go beyond tuition payments, survey shows.” ”). (It’s

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” ” Data and “Research” Via The Next Web : “Survey shows millennials fall for cyber scams more often than seniors.” ” The article draws on the latest report from investment bank Berkery Noyes.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40