21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” This wonderful OER makes it easy for teachers to assemble their own textbooks.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 18, 2017

2,237 people received the invitation by email, and more saw the invitation on Twitter and here on the blog. 120 of those respondents chose to license their survey responses cc0 and you can grab their responses here to read, analyze, and blog about. Bring back the conference track on Accessibility and OER.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

If executed thoughtfully, each of these strategies will be of benefit to every school district in states that pursue them and each offers implications for how the state should consider crafting its Title IV application and review process for districts (and ultimately the reporting of results).

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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Learn more about gaming while at ISTE—and beyond: Book a meeting at ISTE 2018 to learn about Classcraft’s Engagement Management System for schools and districts, and the Quests Marketplace featuring partners like Google Education, Discovery Educator Network, Newsela, LRNG, Breakout EDU and OER Commons. Visit Classcraft at ISTE Booth #970.

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Video Learning OER Gamification 128

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER.

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techlearning

MARCH 15, 2018

In a recent report by Innovative Educator Lisa Nielsen, she writes, “Successful adoption of technology into the curriculum requires a happy marriage between curriculum and technology. Read LIsa’s full report HERE.) The world of learning has evolved rapidly in the past decade. Mobile devices. Social Media. Data Privacy.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Imagine sharing its reports of issues and growth with parents who can subsequently work with their children in more informed ways. Librarians might create grade- and curricular-relevant folders of highly engaging content, perhaps OER. ” Remember the clunkiness of language learning labs?

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Microsoft Education Assessment Data 77

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

It’s also vital that school leaders take a hard look at access once students leave the school doors, as five million of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband while at home according to a Pew Research Center report.

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

User Generated Education

JULY 26, 2015

This theme has permeated many of my blog posts: Moving from Education 1.0 This is something we urgently need to address if we are to support young people to cope with – and contribute to – a complex, global and digital society ( New report challenges the assumption that all young people are digitally savvy ).

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OER Outcomes Resources Accessibility 120

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 27, 2022

I started writing this blog post a month ago after attending #MyFest22 sessions that really required a lot of thinking and reflection. Sessions in Creating an Accessible Syllabus, Global OER, Entangled Pedagogy and Liberating Structures may at first seem totally different. But my mind is always trying to find links and common threads.

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Learning OER Course Outcomes 40

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 20, 2020

Please write an annual report. Why a report? But each year I spent time reflecting on the past year and pulling together the many notes and artifacts I’d been collecting into an annual report. It’s important that any report reflects on both pre-pandemic and during pandemic activity.

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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.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Website/blog: [link]. Library Technology Reports , 54 (6). The response sentence is shown in bold , along with some of the text that appeared next to the sentence for context. ( Semantic Experiences , Google Research Blog.). Library Technology Reports (vol.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” ” Spoiler alert: Latinos.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs. TEMPLATE: Explore, Explain, Apply SAMPLE: ThingLink Animal Reports. One example of a librarian exploring HyperDocs is Jennifer Zimny. TEMPLATE: Workshop Model SAMPLE: Nonfiction Reading.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Instead of traditional report cards, though, students assemble digital portfolios to show their progress. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information.

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Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Someone generously re-posted all the content from that blog to a Posterous site. Subscribe to their blog. “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. They’re amazing.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

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. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2016

The nouns could point to numerous OER (Open Educational Resource) sites available on the internet. Don’t miss these valuable reports! Sign up for this blog and follow me on Twitter ( @ mjgormans ). I can present with others to demonstrate our our learning and understanding. The verbs may point to numerous Web 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

May 29th - June 8th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Education Quotes and Commentary To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. If we've missed a story, send it to blog@learningrevolution.com. “We

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Libraries Digital Citizenship Future Ready Conference 28

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

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. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

To review Dr. Stephen’s archive of work, visit his Tame the Web website and blog [link]. She recently published the Social Media Curation, a Library Technology Report for ALA. Joyce writes the NeverendingSearch Blog for School Library Journal and contributes to several other library and edtech publications.

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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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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. The post Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting appeared first on edWeb.

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Data Report OER Policies 40

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. .” making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Report highlights. In addition, the number of schools and districts using OER continues to rise. Kathy writes the bi-weekly B2B business intelligence newsletter Educational Marketer and works on a number of annual market forecast reports. Join the Community.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Industry 40

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

While I can’t actually fit 100 ideas into this blog post and podcast episode, I can offer you a FREE Google Chromebook resource that is loaded with ideas, lessons, apps, and more! credit: The Keyword Blog. Chromebooks are so much more than word processors and search engines; these devices can transform your classroom!

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Raise $146.1

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 1, 2016

This article originally appeared in the Discovery Education blog " Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month " in December 2016 and is re-posted here with permission. __ What was hot in educational technology in 2016 and what are some cool new things that are on the horizon for 2017? The Horizon Report is put out each year.

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Chromebook Android Trends OER 40

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. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The seller: Book Dog Books. NAEP NAEP NAEP NAEP !

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Via Politico : “ DeVos : Schools should decide whether to report undocumented kids.” “The Department of Education on Wednesday announced the process by which borrowers who had made ineligible payments for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could be reconsidered for the benefit,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The Hechinger Report. As quoted in: Dobo, Nichole. “ How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools? ” 16 November 2016. Will schools continue to accelerate the pace of blended learning – which incorporates technology into classes along with in-person instruction?

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Technology Future Ready Blended Learning EdTech 170

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K.

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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. Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170