Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 31, 2022
This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Regardless of where you stand on the debate over open educational resources, you’re probably wondering: Does OER actually improve learning outcomes? At least, that was one of the main takeaways from a short session led by Phillip Grimaldi, director of research at OpenStax, a nonprofit OER initiative out of Rice University.
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Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 25, 2018
Schools can use tools such as Learning Registry to collaborate on open educational resources (OERs), pulling content created by educators around the district, purchased, or taken from outside sources. by Eli Zimmerman.
eSchool News
MARCH 13, 2017
In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Student: I’ll study whether students learn better with OER than with traditional course materials! There’s actually an entire website dedicated to the hundreds of media comparison studies that have found no significant difference in student learning. You’ve likely crossed over into the realm of OER-enabled pedagogy.).
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
There are plans to add web-based registration, orientation, attendance services, and a more expansive OER library before 2020. CUNY wants to make all student services digital, so learners will be able to attain a full Associate's Degree from the web—something none of the community colleges in New York City currently offer. According to.
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