Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2019
And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Some professors have aesthetic objections to OER materials. By the nonprofit’s estimates, more than half of U.S. colleges use at least one. Because most U.S.
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2016
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Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
It’s a topic that I’ve been thinking about recently, particularly with yesterday’s revelation that Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation. Think for a minute about all the people and companies that have created really amazing commercial offerings based on Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP, Ruby, Node, React, or WordPress.
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.
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 29, 2018
Confusion over the meaning of the word “free” (e.g., ‘if my company uses programs licensed as free software, does that mean I can’t charge customers?’) ’) was the original fear, uncertainty, and doubt that kept companies from engaging in this work. Companies are starting to ‘get it’!”
Edsurge
MAY 12, 2017
Knewton technology is also used enVisionMATH2.0 , a Pearson offering for grades K-8, but neither company offered specific details on the status of this agreement.) “Our The value proposition that Knewton and its competitors have offered to these companies is that by collecting user data, the system can infer what a student knows—or doesn’t.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2016
As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services.
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