Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 9, 2016

The tl;dr: Supporting effective OER adoption at scale has its problems. If OER adoption were to become widespread among the majority of faculty, it became clear that someone would need to do something more than create OER, post it on a website, and give conference talks about it. Background and Some Problems.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

” is not a question we know how to answer today. We know how to talk about the component parts of courseware with regard to open. We know how to talk about the component parts of courseware with regard to open. When we ask whether or not content is open, we mean is it openly licensed (is it OER)?

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” One company not using Amazon to run its computing infrastructure: Blackboard. ” Rebrand. .

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.” Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. “How to Prepare for an Automated Future ,” by The NYT’s Claire Cain Miller.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

It''s an online global event highlighting “wow” moments in teaching and learning , and the entire conference will be held online using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform, running out of my FutureofEducation.com community. Naomi Ganin-Epstein I speak meme! Nina Jeron?i? Publish your ePortfolio using Weebly - Valerie R.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” ” Via NPR : “Teaching The Intangibles: How To Ingrain ‘Grit’ In Students.” “ Blackboard ’s Online Learning Trend Report ” by Blackboard. Depends on who their competition is.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

And speaking of utterly uncritical reporting, here’s another story in The NYT that does very little to demonstrate the claims made in the headline: “How ‘ Makers ’ Make the Classroom More Inclusive.” Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.”

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