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OER and you. The curation mandate

NeverEndingSearch

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. But it was clear to our little group, that to the larger majority of the participants, we were not even on the OER radar. Some OER background: Launched in October, GoOpen is a U.S. What are OER? We made an impact.

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Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

Educational Technology Guy

Suggestions for extensions/apps to be preloaded on Chromebooks Edmodo Google Keep - notes and lists Evernote Web Adblock Plus Evernote Web Clipper WeVideo - Video Editor and Maker GeoGebra math app Read&Write - reading support EasyBib Desmos Graphing Calculator A to Z of Google Services https://docs.google.com/viewer?

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Global Leadership Week Next Week - Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Executive Director, California International Studies Project; Ann Michaelsen , Administrator, Sandvika High School Norway; Barry S. Global Leadership Week discussions are also being hosted in a new Edmodo feature called Topics. Schell , Ed.D., Kramer , Ph.D., Also, feel free to add yourself to the participant map. See you online!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above. The big “business of ed-tech” news of the week: Edmodo has been acquired by Chinese game-maker NetDragon.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” The business of OER. From the Edmodo blog : “We’re Partnering with Clever to Give Districts Automatic Digital Classrooms!” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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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. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. They’re distracting others. Deliverology".

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The Calgary Board of Education has sent a notice to parents , warning them of the data breach at Edmodo. ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.” ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.