Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. The system will also pull in some OER textbook material developed by OpenStax , a low-cost publisher at Rice University. It’s solution: Create a new marketplace where instructors can find them.

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Pearson OER Software Course 138

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There was a lot of discussion at OpenEd17 about the relationship between OER and value-added services like platforms. Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open. They do not have the technical expertise, the time, or the institutional support to engage meaningfully with OER. The first has to do with capacity.

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OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! It has always been the case that companies that play nicely with others win.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

The Daring Librarian

MARCH 19, 2020

Since our schools closed down last Friday companies have been very generous and forthcoming to provide FREE resources for our quarantined or grounded kiddos. A post shared by @GwynethJones (@thedaringlibrarian) on Mar 13, 2020 at 8:36am PDT Here's an example from one of my favorite authors! ? Seems like more are coming out every day.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article.

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

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. For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” The Business of Financial Aid. .

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In Connecticut, for example, public schools as well as other organizations receive broadband services from the CEN. By providing these examples of state leadership to support technology in education, though, states can work towards bridging the digital divide. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

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 Okay, okay.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

MindShift

JULY 11, 2016

The Liberty Public Schools district sees Langhorst and his colleague as front-runners in an important shift toward open educational resources (OER). But many teachers still have big questions about OER that will determine how many of them choose to adopt this approach to teaching and curriculum.

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Resources OER Classroom Study 28

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Companies are investing in immersive technologies. Walk into your portal and upload your own 360 images and videos. Check out my Voices of Search video with Nicole. Coming in the next post: OER, OA and openness. We are seeing movement way beyond hype.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

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. As the LMS developed more, opportunities were included allowing a richer learning experience including discussions, video, audio, white boards, and conference rooms.

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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

JUNE 8, 2017

We caught up with Cini recently for a far-ranging chat about what tools (like OER) are helping adult students and how the latest technology (like AI) could further move the needle. This conference attracts plenty of venture capitalists and companies in education. These are videos and all kinds of learning simulations.

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OER Course Learning Analytics Company 89

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2017

The six-week long MOOC will touch on topics including open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy and practice, open knowledge and open research. The six-week long MOOC will touch on topics including open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy and practice, open knowledge and open research. What won’t it cover? David Wiley.

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MOOC OER Coursera Education 112

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2016

in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video). The most frequently cited definition of OER is the Hewlett Foundation definition : OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.

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OER Software Data Accessibility 60

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 15, 2015

For example, take teaching materials about the Ruby programming language. “Everyone knows” you’re not allowed to make changes to textbooks, learning objects, videos, and other educational media, and so the learning objects model is built partly in response to that “reality.”

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Microsoft OER Resources Secondary 60

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last week I promised I would write a few posts about reducing friction with regard to OER. In last week’s post I talked about how we’re making it ridiculously easy for students, faculty, and others to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of OER. This is still a very real risk for OER. ” you might ask.

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OER Secondary Software Outcomes 96

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. David Stoloff, Ph.D. Contact Steve Hargadon (steve@hargadon.com) about opportunities to get involved with our community.

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Women entrepreneurs made up more than a third of the presenting companies. Check out the GSV video archive here.) We provide some kind of example that you can survive outside that system” of federal aid. One of its investments announced this week is in Aula , a London-based company that just closed a $4.2

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 104

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

eBooks have developed further with the inclusion of interactive elements such as videos, quizzes and more inline in the text. Companies use proprietary digital platforms to deliver digital courseware according to the needs of the students and their learning pace, allowing for the personalization of education and increased interactivity.

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eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. “Education is going to be a powerful example of the potential of VR,” he said. The new company will be called Touch Press (which was the name of another company that StoryToys acquired last year).

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

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. But Behind the Scenes, Gordon Gee Pulls Strings.”

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

President Obama was introduced Wednesday night, for example, by Sharon Belkofer, a member of the Rossford, Ohio school board. Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video.

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Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”? Google)’s biotech company, Calico. “Long Live Online Higher Education.”

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” The Kenyan Ministry of Education says that the Bridge International Academies are not complying with the country’s laws, and the company, which runs chains of schools across the developing world, has not received approval for its curriculum. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). for-profits?

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46