Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

To Impact Investors, Foundations, and Policy Makers, Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions. I wish you had to plan a lesson and teach a class. At least once. In a public school. Quantity over quality.

EdTech 90

EdTech OER Industry Study 90

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The materials shared during those first years were totally random – essays, photos, technical documentation, etc. Of course innovation with OER didn’t actually stop with openly licensed traditional textbooks. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

Strategy 158

Strategy OER Education Policies 158

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And then sharing it with people meant handing over a document or a PDF at best.”. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. This scattershot method begs the question: Where’s the efficiency? Digitization to the Max: What That Could Look Like.

OER 54

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 54

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Don Means ( @GigLibraries ) Director, Gigabit Libraries Network Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

It would be unthinkable today to have a webmaster chair a committee tasked with everything from creating funding models for online course development to writing the policy regarding ownership (copyright) of the materials created by faculty for use when teaching online. RedHat published its technical documentation under the OPL.

OER 86

OER Software Company Microsoft 86

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Don Means ( @GigLibraries ) Director, Gigabit Libraries Network Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Don Means ( @GigLibraries ) Director, Gigabit Libraries Network Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Don Means ( @GigLibraries ) Director, Gigabit Libraries Network Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Locating Government Resources During Crisis” - Jennifer Castle, Reference and Government Documents Librarian, Tennessee State University and Arkansas State University | Dominique Hallett (full description) “Launching a Digital Navigators Program at the Library” - Audrey Barbakoff, Ed.D., Disaster Strikes!

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Don Means ( @GigLibraries ) Director, Gigabit Libraries Network Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Don Means ( @GigLibraries ) Director, Gigabit Libraries Network Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is important that we document the process so we can learn and plan from it. Could this instead be done in a Zoom Room with a shared Google Document? It is important that we document the process so we can learn and plan from it. Also, make sure theses extras align with the District AUP (Acceptable Use Policy).

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Department of Education, ERIC is ideal for finding educational research and policy papers. BASE provides access to millions of documents from repositories worldwide, making it a comprehensive tool for academic research. Internet Archive : This digital library provides free access to a wealth of books, texts, and historical documents.

Education 115

Education OER Libraries Accessibility 115

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) How is Google influencing policy? How is Google influencing research?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Let’s talk keyboard shortcuts, google calendar connections, labels and organization, checklists, using Canva to create headers, scanning paper documents, annotation, grading and feedback, and more! See: Copyright Policy.

Google 95

Google eBook Assessment OER 95

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

The recently published OER strategy document , as informative as it is, reads more like a list of issues and opportunities than what Michael Feldstein describes as “ rungs on a ladder of ambition.” How do we create a substantial record of successful OER adoption? What is our long-term goal? Satish Krishnamurthy.

OER 60

OER Education Course Resources 60

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “New documents show what KIPP told Mike Feinberg leading up to his firing.” “The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.”

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Via NPR : “ Wyoming School District Stalls On Transgender Student Policy.” 1 after an investigation found chapter members repeatedly used racist , homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs , and then ostracized a black member who told them to stop, according to documents released by the university.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

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. 3D Printing.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

.” Via the AP : “ Remington Arms and the families of some victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have agreed that any dispute over the release of company documents in a lawsuit brought by the families and a surviving teacher will be decided by a judge.” ” He is suing the university. .

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” Edsurge on the business of OER. No mention of DeVos in this WaPo story about her brother though.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Corinthian Colleges , once one of the nation's largest for-profit education companies, engaged in apparently unlawful practices by paying its recruiters based on how many sales leads they converted into actual students, according to documents unsealed late last week.” ” Amazingly dumb.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60