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?A Playbook to Go Open: 5 Steps to Adopting OER

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As momentum for digital learning builds, some districts—80 percent according to the 2017 Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) K12 IT Leadership Survey Report —are using open educational resources (OER), which the U.S. But while many benefits of OER are visible on the surface, we must notice the fine print.

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books. Sounds familiar—like a prior learning assessment. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems.

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6 Pillars to Successfully Integrate Technology In Your 1:1 Classroom

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Ask questions that assess how a leader integrates and dictates technology into his/her projects and to those he/she leads. This includes providing guidelines for how to advantageously conduct research on the web ; students have to evaluate search results and sort for reliability, validity, and relevance. Digitally Mature Leaders .

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

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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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On building learning playlists

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They can include interactive elements and assessments of progress. Student choice : Within the realm of some project guidelines, engage learners in collaboratively discovering and suggesting background readings. Have them create original content and assessments as well. OER and you: The curation mandate.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The NAACP endorses OER. The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?” ” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). ” Nope.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” The states: Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , West Virginia , Maine , Wisconsin , and Arizona. More via The New York Times.