The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

The second of our three free Library 2.016 online mini-conferences: " Library as Classroom ," is this Wednesday, June 15th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

For instance, Kasey Bell generously shared her own resource-packed presentations on her Shake Up Learning Blog prior to the conference. Our own Kristina Holzweiss shared the Wakelet on Wakelet she co-presented, as well as her blog post on library uses of the platform. Soundtrap offers 20 Best of #ISTE19 podcasts. Here are our slides.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

As the title of the document makes explicit, the framework aims to contribute to the conversation about the sustainability of OER: “Toward a Sustainable OER Ecosystem: The Case for OER Stewardship” It’s a valuable contribution to that conversation. I struggle to see how this will be possible.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

I: A RECENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. We touched on the just-concluded Open Education Global Conference in Krakow, which Cable found to be very higher education focused. He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

I: A RECENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. We touched on the just-concluded Open Education Global Conference in Krakow, which Cable found to be very higher education focused. He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? FETC 2019 – How does Orlando in January sound for an educational conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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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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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference. I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

Library 2.015 Spring Summit Recap On April 30th we held the first ever Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , a half-day conversation about technology issues and trends in the future of library and information services. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Today is the final day of our five-day 2013 Global Education Conference. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag # globaled13. You have been awesome!

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 31, 2021

While the obvious sweet-spot for Reading Progress may be tracking, encouraging and addressing the progress of K-8 students who are learning to read, it’s easy to imagine its other super powers: Reading Progress could go a long way towards improving the transparency and understanding during parent conferences.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Google Scholar : Known for its wide-ranging scholarly literature, Google Scholar covers articles, theses, books, and conference papers across multiple disciplines. JSTOR : A digital library housing thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). CK-12 is at the forefront of OER by doing adaptive and personalized learning. Our model was to be more than an OER aggregator,” Khosla says. “We

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The 8th Annual Global Education Conference (GEC) All Online, All Free November 13 - 16, 2017 The Global Education Conference Network's eighth annual worldwide collaboration on globally-connected education starts today, Monday, November 13, and continues through this Thursday, November 16.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 17, 2018

Some of my colleagues use Lynda.com to gather playlists from specific elements selected across the hundreds of offered courses. In one of my RU courses, my grad students keep us updated on a regular basis of news in the world of search. Passion-driven playlists : Of course, playlists might also be created for passion-driven interests.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. They are listed below, and after the reminder plea for moderator volunteers, you''ll also find the current list of all conference sessions. Huge thanks!

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

I recently had the honor of traveling to the MIT campus in Boston and participating in a panel discussion on Open Education Resources (OER) at The Sixth Conference of MIT''s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) with three illustrious advocates of these open resources: Nicole Allen, Philipp Schmidt, and panel moderator Steve Carson.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Might we also study whether learners with solid K12 library inquiry experience perform better than the student in the general SHEG sample ? You can now find out. Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The ninth annual Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday! We currently have 10 keynotes and 130 regular sessions scheduled over the course of three days. The conference is being held Monday, November 18 - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 (November 21 in some time zones). The entire virtual conference is held online.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. Via Edsurge : “How Udacity Decides What Subjects To Offer Courses In (And Why It Isn’t Doing New University Partnerships).” ” More via the AP.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.” ” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” From the HR Department. fight4facultyofcolor.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Raw Story : “BUSTED: Trump Treasury pick took 4-week course on Dartmouth campus and called it a degree.” ” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. Start Holding Weekly Data Conferences ,” says Edsurge. Jordan sign on to Atlanta school cheating movie.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Newsweek : “ Rand Paul to Teach ‘Dystopian Visions’ Course at George Washington University.” The NMC Horizon Report 2017 – the Library Edition.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Of course, Dick DeVos also works for Trump in a way – or at least, he’s now on an FAA civilian panel. The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services. ” Of course he did. The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.”

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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”? MOOCs are not particularly "open." last year to 63.3%

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds that penalties for breaking NCAA rules are largely consistent across conference membership – and that men’s basketball and football account for the vast majority of violations.” The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

DeVos, of course, was a stakeholder in the student loan startup SoFi. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos has family and likely financial connections to The College Fix , a conservative news site that often criticizes liberal bias in higher education.”

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