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Some Thoughts on the UNESCO OER Recommendation

Iterating Toward Openness

There’s great news out of the recent UNESCO meeting in Paris, where member states unanimously adopted the draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). This dramatically simplifies understanding what is and isn’t OER. Resources in the public domain or released under an open license are OER.

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Innovation In E-learning In The Last 10 Years

EdTech4Beginners

The new E-learning technologies keep on evolving, and a lot of companies are investing in it to yield efficient employees. Open Education Resources (OER). These are documents written by subject matter experts from across the globe on any sector and subject. E-learning has seen a broad positive shift in the last couple of years.

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

Remind is a good example of this because professors can easily and privately share with a whole class, or groups within a class, relevant course materials. But companies might not be attuned enough to how the user experience shifts from one device to another. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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The 2018 ‘Horizon Report’ Is Late. But It Almost Never Emerged.

Edsurge

“We’re very committed to following the format of the previous NMC report,” says Noreen Barajas-Murphy, interim director of academic community programs, who led the completion of the document. “It Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example.

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Digitizing Curriculum Development: Think Efficiency

edWeb.net

And then sharing it with people meant handing over a document or a PDF at best.”. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. This scattershot method begs the question: Where’s the efficiency? Digitization to the Max: What That Could Look Like.

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PanOpen Launches Platform as ‘Open’ Education Market Evolves

Marketplace K-12

The company’s founder, Brian Jacobs, said in an interview that his organization has been fielding requests from potential pre-college clients and is likely to begin moving into that market “within the next year or two.” He mentioned Lumen Learning and OER Commons as just two examples.

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Revisiting #ALATTT: Trend #1: AR/VR/MR and a touch of AI

NeverEndingSearch

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Companies are investing in immersive technologies. AI extra: I couldn’t help spilling this trend over into artificial intelligence (AI) by sharing some of my favorite examples of useful applications: JSTOR Labs Text Analyzer Upload an article, your own paper, an illustration.

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