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The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit Has Started! #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

Edsurge

Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. Ben-Naim says the acquisition by Pearson could “affect the plan,” which was to build OER content on Smart Sparrow. million in 2018.

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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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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: August 15, 2017 College Board Partners with AIR Assessment to Expand Digital SAT Testing | The College Board → Ultimately, the College Board will offer a digital SAT option during the school day to all interested states, districts, and schools. state-level policies relating to open education. Tagged on: August 12, 2017.

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Everything Old is New Again: Textbooks, The Printing Press, The Internet, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

I’m pretty sure I saw an ad for those “special methods” on Facebook recently. But – particularly when it comes to OER – we aren’t. Back in 2012 I wrote: You have to admit that some of the things the publishers are working on are both cooler and better than almost everything that currently exists in the OER space.

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OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

The Hechinger Report

Revelations about the privacy practices of Facebook only serve to underscore the stakes surrounding the capture and use of personal data. For example, many of the nation’s largest school systems use Google’s free suite of education tools, which allows teachers to develop their lessons, create assignments and administer assessments online.

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HyperDocs and the teacher librarian

NeverEndingSearch

Desired outcome (explore, apply, assess)? #2: They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs. HyperDocs Facebook Group. The How-To Page recommends a five-step process for designing instruction: 1: Determine Objectives. Grade Level? 3: Packaging.