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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I work in K-12 education in the U.S., and I am merely a fan – not a fanboy – of open educational resources (OER).** Others surely see me as some sort of OER fanatic. So, if these are the actions of someone who is an OER fan, what stops me short of claiming fanboy status? I have a confession to make.

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What a Homework Help Site’s Move to Host Open Educational Resources Could Mean

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In May, the homework-help site that relies on student-generated content, Course Hero, dipped its toes into freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, course materials. When educators stumbled onto the fact that hosting had changed hands, it provoked a backlash.

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These Colleges Are Betting That Culturally Relevant Textbooks Will Improve Student Outcomes

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Millie González and her colleagues aren’t here to argue about whether open educational resources are on par with traditional textbooks?she Six Massachusetts colleges and universities, alongside the state’s Department of Higher Education, are testing their hypothesis that free, culturally relevant textbooks can improve student performance.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

In America ,” former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often says, “ your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education. Resources: Data Quality Campaign (stat source) & Future of Privacy Forum ). Commit to Leveraging Social Media and Telling Your Great Story!

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

In the absence of the weekly news round-ups, I took the time away to do some further writing and analysis: Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches , which details the ham-handed way in which the Texas Association of School Boards has communicated about their breach of personal information about Texas educators.

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

I know, from the data we collected, that these interfaces were used, heavily used. Educational Leadership , 63 (4), 54-59. . website evolution. In fact, they were used even more heavily when we moved to a 1:1 climate. At this moment in time, having a rich virtual presence is no longer optional. Chapter in Mary K. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.

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