Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. Edward Watson.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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OER Data Tools Trends 86

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. As the conversation continued, Joosten discussed the importance of design in online course development, a primary finding in the scan.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 201

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Contains formative learning and assessment opportunities.

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Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans. Let’s look at the benefits of using an OER lesson plan and what it looks like. Why use an OER lesson plan?

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OER Differentiated Instruction Hapara Assessment 283

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

If you wish to have a copy of my free “Unpacking Standards for Technology Integration Form”… Download… unpack_standards_mjgormans… and remember to give credit! Finding the right tool to match the verb can take a bit of research. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The reality, she adds, is that every district prefers to use different tools—digital or otherwise. Planning lessons, teaching, testing and analyzing results often involve different tools and processes that teachers stitch together. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 million in investment to date.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 84

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Central Valley is one of several Beaver County school districts finding ways to supplement or completely replace paper textbooks with online materials such as eBooks, downloadable apps and openly licensed educational resources. Teachers can modify and redistribute the materials without violating copyright laws.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

With all of the digital tools available to teachers these days, developing learning experiences should be a cinch, right? They would be delivered to your learning management system or downloaded into an Excel notebook, or whatever vehicle can absorb them.”. That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom. Just a dream?

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Geogebra – Get this free online math tools for graphing, geometry, 3D, and more! Students find that math is a tool to explore the world around us. TedEd – The makers of TED… these really are some wonderful flipped lessons with formative tools built in. You will find all kinds of ideas and lessons.

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

What a wonderful place for educators to find quality teaching tools, interactive, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and best of all… it’s free! Best of all, you can download simulations to a local computer if you do not wish to rely on an internet connection. Enjoy your journey and please let me know others I should add.

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STEM Resources Learning Conference 162

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Past Series Articles. From Learning Targets to Lessons.

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Blendspace Resources OER Technology 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

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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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

link] Apps by Task you want students to do: Click to enlarge or right click to download. Real ti me feedback from students for formative assessment. It has forums, messages, files, calendar, and more to create an online presence for your class. This district has been 1-1 with Chromebooks for quite a while with a lot of experience.

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Engaging features and tools for learners. Many digital textbooks include embedded features and tools that help students connect to the content and focus on what they’re learning. With embedded glossaries and formative online assessments, they can self-monitor. A tool such as H?para Affordable for school districts.

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Hapara OER Online Assessments Differentiated Instruction 130

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In this episode, Kasey shares her favorite Gmail hacks and features to help teachers save time and make the most of this robust tool. In this special episode, Kasey shares 30 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do and a FREE eBook download with templates! 8 Cool Tools You Didn’t Know! FREE eBook and Templates) – SULS0152.

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Google eBook Assessment OER 95

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. Enjoy this engaging journey.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

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

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Chromebook App Hub is designed to help teachers find the best resources, tools, and apps, sort of a one-stop-shop idea. They are just about the tool. With the tool “Book Creator,” students can become creators of content while also demonstrating mastery on various state standards. Assess class performance.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2016

The article makes a strong argument for the importance of interoperability among learning platforms, tools, and content. download, duplicate, store, and manage). faculty are completely unaware of OER. Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., translate the content into another language).

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OER Software Data Accessibility 60

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Slowly we saw the direct conversion of textbooks to eBooks in simple electronic formats like PDF which can be downloaded or accessed by students using mobile devices like phones, iPads and Kindle. Textbook Bundles – Printed textbooks are converted to eBooks with supplemental materials and assessments, making the course complete.

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eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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