Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. This is where context matters most for the OER movement. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve established that I am a fan of open educational resources (OER) and think that K-12 educators and policymakers would benefit from thinking more deeply about the ownership of instructional materials. How does OER help educators and students? Are all OER digital?

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OER Education Instructional Materials EdTech 278

K12 Open Ed

APRIL 27, 2015

Last week, the K-12 OER Collaborative entered the next phase of their project, awarding contracts for rapid prototypes to the following developers: edCount LLC. Odell Education. In what creative ways can the savings in instructional materials funding be applied to improve teaching and learning? Expeditionary Learning.

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OER Instructional Materials Blended Learning Groups 100

Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek , Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide. Those who call Open Education Resources “free” are misguided.

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OER Future Ready Edmodo Education 100

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

. – I want to focus instead on one aspect of how we are shifting from print to digital: the procurement decision schools make about whether to license digital instructional materials or purchase them outright, because I think ownership of instructional materials matters.**. Image credits.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. While students miss class for open lab, the teachers recognize the benefits of letting students explore technology to help them achieve both personal and educational goals. About the Host.

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Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Commercials, shown alongside educational programming, entered one of the last ad-free spaces in children’s lives. It’s not just a question of exposure to advertising and commercial branding, but of the ethics of public education in an increasingly digital world. Higher Education. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49