Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study. Free Isn’t Free For students, OER texts are typically free, or nearly free.

OER 150

OER Resources Course Education 150

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

A new report surveying academic administrators released Wednesday by the Online Learning Consortium and Learning House sheds some insight on innovation challenges at higher education institutions. Jill Buban, OLC’s senior director of research and innovation, views that finding as one of the most shocking from the report.

Report 79

Report Competency Based Learning OER Survey 79

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. The free report , published by Monroe, Wash.-based

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Online case studies highlight OER implementation in schools. SETDA has published a series of case studies focused on the implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) at the school level. SETDA encourages state, district and school leaders to leverage this work as they launch and expand OER initiatives.”.

Case Study 40

Case Study OER Study Trends 40

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

Previously signed into law , Utah’s school system now requires all students be assigned “ digital backpacks ,” which contain a history of student data, including everything from science projects to test results. . Five of the nine states involved in the SETDA report are currently using Ed-Fi resources. by Eli Zimmerman.

Competency Based Learning 185

Competency Based Learning OER Data Comparison 185

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Especially important is a strategy to align digital learning plans to participation in the E-rate program and any state programs designed to meet similar ends (including those beyond K-12 education that support broadband build out to universities, hospitals, libraries, or public safety institutions).

Strategy 231

Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

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 101

Industry OER Course Company 101

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Educators stress the importance of state leadership, transparency for purchasing digital instructional materials. A new report urges care when purchasing digital instructional materials, and notes that factors such as interoperability, accessibility, and device access should be considered during the process.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Report OER Policies 40

Fractus Learning

MAY 24, 2016

To do this, Lilly turned to the CK-12 Foundation to help develop a suite of Open Educational Resources (OER) that would help them meet the school’s budgetary and educational needs. But in a district with more than 4,000 students, the rollout was far from easy on the budget. So Lilly had to look for ways to cut down costs elsewhere.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning OER Laptops Learning 40

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

On Tuesday, June 12 the #DLNchat community got together to dive into how improving digital learning could help institutions pass along savings to students, and how technology might also help reduce indirect costs for college attendance. How do you think digital learning can improve college affordability?

OER 68

OER Tools MOOC Course 68

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

JANUARY 22, 2020

Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. Ben-Naim says the acquisition by Pearson could “affect the plan,” which was to build OER content on Smart Sparrow. But despite its investments in digital products, the publisher has been slow to reap returns in its bottom line.

Pearson 97

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 97

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

He declined to disclose the value of the deal, but said the price reported by The Globe and Mail—under $30 million—is in the ballpark. Those assets amount to Nelson’s entire domestic higher-ed textbook business in the country. The deal is set to close in the next couple weeks, says Top Hat CEO and co-founder Mike Silagadze. billion in 2018.

Knewton 125

Knewton Company OER Pearson 125

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

The fourth annual K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report , released during CoSN’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., The education community should know what is top of mind for school IT leaders so we can better support their leadership capacity and advance learning outcomes empowered through technology.”.

Student Data Privacy 40

Student Data Privacy Broadband OER Instructional Materials 40

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

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map , including a couple of new TV news reports of the same.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Over a third of America’s smallest school districts are already meeting the FCC’s 1 Mbps per student Internet connection goal for 2018, according to our newly released 2018 State of the States report. The decision to be an early adopter of OER put the one-school district on the map, earning a visit in 2015 from then-U.S.

OER 53

OER Laptops STEM Meeting 53

SETDA Says

JUNE 19, 2015

SETDA and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University College of Education recently co-released the national report, State Digital Learning Exemplars: read more.

Digital Learning 28

Digital Learning Learning Report OER 28

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Bergby continued, “Giving teachers and students one unified user experience allowing districts to create or curate content, discover and use OER or even load IMS Common Cartridges from publishers puts itslearning where educators need us most, at the intersection of student-centered learning and improved teacher and district efficiencies.”.

LMS 69

LMS OER Future Ready Personalized Learning 69

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

“New Facebook features intended for developers could, if expanded, turn the social networking site into an online learning platform,” Inside Higher Ed reported in June. “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. Students will receive iPads.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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. public libraries.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

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. More important, the data entry can seem pointless when the outcomes aren’t applicable to the students.

Data 40

Data Report OER Policies 40

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

What’s the current state of online learning? A new report from Babson, Pearson, the Online Learning Consortium et al, Grade Level ( pdf ), offers some intriguing observations about campus strategy and leadership. Four times as many leaders report that they are very aware than do faculty (26.0% compared to 5.1%

Online Learning 40

Online Learning Report OER Pearson 40

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. .” making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. .”

Policies 258

Policies Technology Education OER 258

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The seller: Book Dog Books. NAEP NAEP NAEP NAEP !

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” .” Via NPR : “Under Trump Budget , Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care.” The school in question: Bethune-Cookman University.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

But as Education Week reports , “States Bristle as DeVos Ed. ” Inside Higher Ed reports that “The Republican budget resolution envisions more than $236 billion in cuts to mandatory spending for education programs over 10 years.” And their parents can end up in jail,” AlterNet reports. for-profits?”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46