NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Back at ALA Midwinter, I was honored to present on LITA’s Top Tech Trends panel , with fellow panelists Kate Tkacik, Suzanne Wulf, Becky Yoose, James Neal and Cynthia Dudenhoffer. Each of us was initially assigned two trends to explore and discuss. I thought I’d break my own two ish trends and resources into two posts.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

Under “Long-Term Trends for Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years” were “Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Cross-Institution & Cross-Sector Collaboration.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).

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Report Trends Robotics OER 46

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

Under “Long-Term Trends for Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years” were “Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Cross-Institution & Cross-Sector Collaboration.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).

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Report Trends Robotics OER 40

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” “How Should Colleges Approach Student Success When Different Definitions Abound?” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! it’s an interesting trend. Here are our slides.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. They’re amazing.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. 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.

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