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Join the edWeb Team at ISTE 2015

edWeb.net

Come and meet up with the edWeb team at ISTE in Philadelphia next week. Learn about how to use open educational resources (OER) in your classroom! Net Texts is a two part system designed to make finding and using OER easier. Waggle Demo Times at Booth #203. Follow @edwebnet on Twitter to find us at the conference.

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A day in the life with Student Dashboard Digital Backpack

Hapara

Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. Meeting a learner’s reading needs. The parent is worried that his son is falling behind in science, that the textbook provided is difficult to understand and isn’t meeting his needs. .

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Can US Higher Education Publishers Leverage a Subscription Model

Kitaboo on EdTech

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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Digital versus physical textbooks

Hapara

You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. Let’s take a look at their arguments and ways that school districts can use digital textbooks to meet learners’ needs. There are several sources online where K-12 educators can find high-quality digital textbooks that meet their needs. .

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Digital Courseware or ePUB – Which is the Future of Higher Education?

Kitaboo on EdTech

Viable adoption options to meet the needs of institutions. Open Educational Resources (OER) Products – OER course products are developed based on open resources and utilize instructional design and professional services. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. Content that covers the complete curriculum of credit courses.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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