edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Ralyea knows well the challenge of haphazard coordination, having lived it in South Carolina, where he had to work with a standards-based report card. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. What’s Out There Now. Just a dream? Not really.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 27, 2022

Sessions in Creating an Accessible Syllabus, Global OER, Entangled Pedagogy and Liberating Structures may at first seem totally different. But the outcomes are transactional knowledge, with the ownership determined by the school, students, and educational policies. But my mind is always trying to find links and common threads.

Learning 40

Learning OER Course Outcomes 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

As recent investigations have shown, too many public schools lack clear conflict-of-interest policies to ensure that decisions about whether and when to use specific technology products or services are being made in the best interests of students. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

Software 48

Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

K-12 educational technology policy. educational technology policy should be over the coming four years (when the law will next come due to be reauthorized). .” Were it that simple… This post – which summarizes and analyzes this new program – is the second in a series evaluating the federal role in U.S.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. frequent formative assessment opportunities) can appear in educational resources with any copyright license.

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Albans City School, and several of her students explained how they’re using technology for assessment, service work, and more. Instead of traditional report cards, though, students assemble digital portfolios to show their progress. Albans City School has a dedicated makerspace open to all students from PreK-8.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

“Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. “Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported,” Techcrunch reported in November. The company has raised some $77.5 There’s no way to opt out apparently.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” Ismael tweeted: My own take: these are two complementary approaches to #OER that should enrich each other, not exclude (or even blame) each other. As someone concerned with equality, I like #OER as a way to make teaching cheaper.

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OER LMS Secondary Course 60

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The App Hub is dedicated to bringing transparency to developers’ data and accessibility policies, and to help decision-makers find information about apps to meet the unique learning goals and policies of their school districts.”. Developers Resource Page – a resource page for app developers to access best practices and policies.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

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

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. Those resources are increasingly delivered in digital form.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The State Policy Network has a plan to counter union activism with anti-union PR. The seller: Book Dog Books. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This reversal in policy is a bad decision for all of us." Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. Justin Reich on “ assessment ” versus “ evaluation.” ” “The U.S.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” ” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. .”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Economic Times of India reports that “Udacity to focus on individual student projects.” Also via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Purdue ’s President Says Free-Speech Policy Forces Him to Defend Faculty Critic.” million ‘contract inducement’ to come back,” Bloomberg reports.

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

. “Learning styles” in the White House: President Trump doesn’t read his daily intelligence briefings, gets oral briefings on “select” issues instead, because reading isn’t “his style of learning,” the @washingtonpost reports [link] — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 9, 2018. ” Immigration and Education. ” Testing.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Officials from 11 states are suing the Obama Administration over the guidance it recently issued regarding transgender bathroom policies and civil rights law. Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.”

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

.” “The University of Michigan has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle what was left of a lawsuit over a graduate student’s dismissal from an engineering program in 2011,” the AP reports. ” The program in question: The Global Assessment Certificate program. ” He is suing the university. .”

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v. ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

“15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. ” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports. (National) Education Politics.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “The Trump administration just failed to stop a climate lawsuit brought by 21 kids,” The Chicago Tribune reports. Edsurge on the business of OER. “To get rural kids online, Microsoft wants to put Internet access on school buses ,” The Washington Post reports. ” Immigration and Education. .

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

. “ Betsy DeVos Refuses to Rule Out Giving Funds to Schools That Discriminate ,” The New York Times reports. ” And here’s what DeVos said when she spoke to the American Federation for Children’s National Policy Summit. ” Via Education Week : “Market Is Booming for Digital Formative Assessments.”

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Education Data Report Software 46