Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2023

For example, my son who is studying cybersecurity recently told me prompted ChatGPT along these lines: ‘You are the hiring manager for a cybersecurity position at a large company. My son tells me this exercise was incredibly helpful and he plans to do it several more times before having a “real” interview.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Not everything she found was useful or reliable, as is the case for most web searches, so she took time to vet each exercise. Now, Rouse no longer needs to search for exercises outside of work. “It At that time, the company only offered math materials for grades three to six. Now, Tailor-ED covers K-8 math.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 18, 2017

Cengage recently announced a new offering called MindTap ACE that includes OER and is now available in pilot. The video clearly shows Cengage content listed for each topic, followed by some OER. MindTap ACE addresses this challenge by including OER alongside Cengage’s best-in-class content. Yes, you read that correctly.)

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 The system can also recommend follow-up activities and exercises specific to areas where a student may struggle. million in investment to date. On Kiddom, teachers can upload lessons and resources, distribute assignments and get data on how students perform against academic standards.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It would be an interesting thought exercise to re-examine the traditional seven virtues (prudence, justice, temperance, courage, faith, hope, and charity) and decide what each of their edtech replacements would be. Edtech companies are primarily focused on what we might call “statistical students.”

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

Instead of having good interrelations with other people because good interrelations are fulfilling and produce good outcomes, your good interrelations exist as a formal exercise that you engage in for fear of reprisals. I wanted to ask you about OERs. We want intrinsically motivated students, but extrinsic motivation is powerful.

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