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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

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. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | The breach affects 1.3

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

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. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | The breach affects 1.3

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The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

Iterating Toward Openness

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The NAACP endorses OER. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences,” says Inside Higher Ed. This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.).