Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 11, 2022

I’ve been interested in sustainability models for OER for decades. And for just as long, I’ve believed that there are useful lessons for us to learn on this topic from open source software – OER’s far more popular and influential sibling. What does “bug” mean in the context of OER?

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OER Analysis Software Outcomes 147

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

And what kind of impact data should they be tracking over the course of a season? Using half of the funds, the Texas Education Agency contracted with OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University, to write textbooks for several popular high school STEM courses. state-level policies relating to open education. Powered by Pinboard.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

Then, of course, what we understand is we have to give them more basic questions that they have a better chance on. This means that you can write your own textbooks, share them, or use them as you would any other OER or open education resource. And we’ll pull up Google; you know, anyone can help. What makes Expii unique?

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Classroom OER Software System 222

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

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. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | Oh, and unroll.me

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

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. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | Oh, and unroll.me

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 25, 2011

For a start, I flew up in the company of Mr Chickenman himself, Dan Roberts , and when the two of us invaded the executive lounge in the hotel, they quickly ran out of pretzels (Dan's doing, not mine I hasten to add). I admit I had to go to Google Maps to find it. Full story here: Barefoot keynote. Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Conference OER Meeting Twitter 50

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

When our adult students came, other than giving them evening courses and a couple of offices that would be open until seven on Monday night, there was no support,” she says. This conference attracts plenty of venture capitalists and companies in education. Remind people how big the OER effort is at UMUC. This was huge.

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OER Course Learning Analytics Company 83

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

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

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

Clicking onto their favorite courses at the end of May, educators found that they were getting redirected somewhere else. To their surprise, however, the educators found themselves not on Lumen’s website but on Course Hero, a homework-help site that’s blocked by some higher ed institutions for its use by some students as a cheating tool.

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OER Course Chegg Company 171

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

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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Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 69

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

"This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

We currently have 10 keynotes and 130 regular sessions scheduled over the course of three days. I am a Google Educator Group Leader and Google Certified Innovator in Mexico City.I This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. LOTS of information below! Mowen, MS Ed.,

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too. ” Evil.

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Education MOOC Company OER 55

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. ” (This reminds me that I need to write something about the history of Montessori and why all sorts of companies have appropriated the brand.). ” Via The Verge : “ Google Glass gets its first update in nearly three years.” ” Phew!

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Because of course. Prior to the department spending $6 million on iPads, Apple spent more than $5300 on meals and lodging for state Superintendent Mark Johnson and five other education officials to visit the company’s HQ. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Also to be expected. Because “open.”).

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

Of course, some education reform proponents want to frame DeVos as “ mainstream ,” but she’s far from it. ( And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). His rather disastrous business history in ed-tech includes SoftKey and The Learning Company.

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). .” to For-Profit Company Tackling School Schedules.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine. ” Rebrand.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.” And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” ” Via NPR : “The U.S.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Newsweek : “ Rand Paul to Teach ‘Dystopian Visions’ Course at George Washington University.” ” (Wow. The Executive Director of HathiTrust responds.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Via Raw Story : “BUSTED: Trump Treasury pick took 4-week course on Dartmouth campus and called it a degree.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Of course, Dick DeVos also works for Trump in a way – or at least, he’s now on an FAA civilian panel. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ DeVry Parent Company Makes Pledges to Students.” The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Appeals court ruling continues decade-long legal battle between Georgia State University and three publishers over what constitutes ” fair use “ of course materials.” Really looking forward to this new testing company though! ” The Business of Financial Aid. ” LOL, they do?!

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” Also via Edsurge : “ MIT Moves Beyond the MOOC to Court Companies, Professional Learners.” ” Sham courses. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“

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MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” There are, of course, many departments at many universities where it is.)

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Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

For those keeping score at home, here are Peter Thiel’s ed-tech investments (in addition to his “I’ll pay you to drop out of college” fellowship program, of course): Clever, Lore, Thinkful, Declara, and SoFi. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) ” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports. Oh and look at this: “Google Critic [Peter] Thiel Gave Money to Official Probing Search Giant,” Bloomberg reports. ” “Film company behind Love Actually to open school in London,” The Guardian reports.

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.” “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein.

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45