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. Even within the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Meeting Advocacy 170

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. To that end, I present the first draft of “ #GoOpen: OER for K-12 Educators – Frequently Asked Questions.”

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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. In what creative ways can the savings in instructional materials funding be applied to improve teaching and learning? Expeditionary Learning. Illustrative Mathematics.

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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. Stories of EdTech Innovation.

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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. 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. But many times tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Open source educational software and openly licensed instructional materials present an alternative to the market-driven requirements of commercial technology vendors. Students and schools should be able to access and export all of their data to the service providers of their choice or for their own needs.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49