Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s now time to get down to brass tacks and figure out how the implementation of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) can best be leveraged by state and local officials to improve educational outcomes for children and youth.

Strategy 231

Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The goal of the project has been to better equip instructors with techniques, tools and open educational resources that will help them teach adults the advanced math skills needed for modern jobs , says Christina Ward, engagement manager at Luminary Labs, a consulting firm the government hired to oversee Power in Numbers.

Report 128

Report EdTech Tools OER 128

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Books built out of little Lego blocks, glued together so the digital photo student could have their perfect book and the music student could have their perfect book.”

Industry 84

Industry OER Course Company 84

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. underwhelming.

Digital Badges 82

Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 82

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises.

EdTech 189

EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Institutions need to focus on this and not just on measuring” student learning outcomes. We decided to come back to the topic in a future #DLNchat ,but not before discussing some of the nuances surrounding salary gains based on higher ed degrees as well as the need for more learning options.

OER 62

OER Outcomes Digital Learning Online Learning 62

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

also revealed that school IT leaders are spending more time and devoting more resources to student data privacy and security. But with this digital transformation is a new frontier of challenges confronting IT administrators,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN, in a press release. Districts are turning to digital learning materials.

Student Data Privacy 40

Student Data Privacy Broadband OER Instructional Materials 40

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Whether or not materials exist in digital form isn’t an issue for a clear majority of instructors. “[One] tenth (11 percent) were using OER materials and 4 percent were currently using OER in their classes and also making their own course materials available as OER.”

OER 40

OER Study Survey Education 40

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. NAU saw immediate positive impact,” she adds.

Tools 74

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 74

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Charisse Taylor , senior director of policy and implementation at NYC Department of Education, will share resources, templates and other activities aimed at helping educators create new CS programs that are “diverse by design.” Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? But will VR and AR live up to its hype? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. I enjoy learning from all of you.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

para’s Student Dashboard Digital Backpack for all K-12 schools in the province of Alberta until the end of August 2022. This partnership will aid school divisions across Alberta in providing high quality digital learning experiences to learners no matter where they reside or how they attend school (in-person, hybrid or remote). .

OER 130

OER Hapara Learning Google 130

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. He holds an M.Ed

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

.” Within states, school districts may form consortia to pool resources and address regional needs. provide students access to technology resources they may be lacking by virtue of being located in rural, remote or underserved areas. The State Role in Advancing Education Through Technology in ESSA.

Policies 258

Policies Technology Education OER 258

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The goal of this blog has always been to provide teachers with digital learning resources, tips, and tricks, and help teachers find ways to integrate technology meaningfully in the classroom. The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! but should be) – SULS0148. This episode sponsored by Hāpara.)

Google 95

Google eBook Assessment OER 95

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

One is that a huge gap yawns open between chief academic officers (academic deans, provosts, vice presidents) and their faculty on digital learning. A clear majority of the former, 70.8%, see online learning as “critical to their institution’s long term strategy.” education and technology future of education OER'

Online Learning 40

Online Learning Report OER Pearson 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

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.

Data 40

Data Report OER Policies 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Among the things to be digitized, learning materials have emerged as the top consideration and the education sector is now discovering the best way to go about. The simplest form of digital learning material is eBooks or content published in ePub formats. The Emergence of Digital Courseware.

eBook 98

eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

This is the outcome of a combination of forces: our persistent desire to get more people into and through higher education, and our anxieties about the spiraling growth of student debt and college tuition. Lastly, I forecast continued incremental growth of open educational resources (OER) and open access in scholarly publication.

Trends 97

Trends LMS Social Media Education 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145