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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. It offers a more experiential learning experience. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. It offers a more experiential learning experience. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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Comments on the US DoEd Proposed Rule – Open Textbook Pilot Program

Iterating Toward Openness

However, if the Department does act on these comments, the parts of the work that are open will be more widely adopted, will result in more students saving more money, and, most importantly, will result in more students learning more. These include any learning exercises, technology-enabled experiences (e.g.,

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

Edsurge

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Speaking of horrors: “ The One Group Not Freaking Out About Brexit: VCs.” Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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The Consensus Around “Open”

Iterating Toward Openness

The article makes a strong argument for the importance of interoperability among learning platforms, tools, and content. in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video). No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups. Even Blackboard was originally a Linux/apache/mysql/perl, or LAMP, app!). Free Redistribution.

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

Hack Education

According to the Babson Survey Research Group, which released the last of its annual surveys of online education this year , “more than one in four students (28%) now take at least one distance education course (a total of 5,828,826 students, a year-to-year increase of 217,275).” of courses use OER. last year to 63.3%

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