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March 13th Library 2.0 Mini-Conference "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We hope you'll consider joining our first Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, March 13th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). (We She has a Ph.D. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0

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Saddle Up for Silicon Slopes! Our Guide to the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

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Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. Department of Education) and David Wiley (the. Kamau Bell.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. One company not using Amazon to run its computing infrastructure: Blackboard. ” Rebrand. ” “U.S.

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

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There have also been efforts to expand college degree programs that rely entirely on OER. “As a result of this program,” Lumen Learning’s David Wiley wrote , “by fall of 2017 somewhere between 3% and 4% of all community colleges in the US will have at least one all-OER degree program.” of courses use OER.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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There’s lots more from Betsy DeVos’s talk at SXSWedu in the conferences section below. ” Conferences and Events. Edsurge on the business of OER. A teacher in front of a blackboard. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. ” Via The Washington Post : “The U.S.