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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

Why wouldn’t we want to convene educators, say, every summer to refine, revise, and adapt OER, based on both educator experiences in teaching with those resources and on data about student use and outcomes of those resources?

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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There are essential conditions for digital learning like state leadership, equity of access, accessibility for all students, interoperability considerations, and student data and privacy. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight. Join the Community.

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Report: The way we buy digital instructional materials may need an overhaul

eSchool News

Essential Conditions: Support the essential conditions necessary for the successful acquisition and implementation of digital instructional materials for successful digital learning including Leadership, Equity of Access, Accessibility for All Students, Interoperability Considerations and Student Data & Privacy.

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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment

TeachThought - Learn better.

And while assessments are the focus of this blog post, replacement thinking can be applied across the curriculum: in instructional strategies, classroom activities, or in formative data collection using tools such as Kahoot, Socrative, or Google Forms. Action Step 4: Provide always-on, asynchronous access to that which is being assessed.

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K-12 Leaders on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI

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Generative AI takes artificial intelligence one step further by using “algorithms to produce new data, often in the form of image or text.” Privacy and Security Measures: Review your student data privacy policy and practices and how they relate when using AI tools. Just explained that the operative word is “new.”

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

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This new role for educators is a direct outcome of the data-driven classroom and the quest for accountability. While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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For example, survey data showed: Student and teacher texting increased significantly during the sudden shift to digital learning because of COVID-19 school closures. Student data privacy and online safety are significant concerns. As students frequently use tech devices to communicate and learn, they are at cyber risk.