Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? The third: lifelong learning. Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

The local needs assessment to be conducted by the school district is to be focused on identifying gaps in a school district’s “access to personalized learning experiences supported by technology and professional development for the effective use of data and technology” and is to be updated every three years.

Policies 258

Policies Technology Education OER 258

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

It’s important to note that normalized gifted programs and lowest-common-denominator whole group teaching are usually not individualized or personalized learning in the same way that software could enable it. It will be more like travel planning for the learning journey and less like teaching in the traditional sense.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

This is the edtech industry’s premier financial conversation, packed with more than 4,100 people and 350 CEOs. Topics ranged from early childhood to lifelong learning. He’s more proud that he showed that an education provider could thrive without participating in the traditional system of federal financial aid.

Kaplan 96

Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 96

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Interactive Textbooks – These are electronic textbooks or eBooks that come with various interactive features to enhance learning and knowledge retention. Open Educational Resources (OER) Products – OER course products are developed based on open resources and utilize instructional design and professional services.

eBook 98

eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

A Wi-Fi system. In other Salesforce news, “The University of Texas System teams up with Salesforce to turn its learning platform into a learning relationship management system ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. A Techcrunch op-ed : “Why edtech can’t grow as much as healthtech.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Edsurge : “ Connecticut School District Suspends Use of Summit Learning Platform.” McRaven is stepping down as chancellor of the University of Texas System.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The British government releases the results … of its new three-tiered rating system of teaching quality at universities.” Via Buzzfeed : “ Betsy DeVos Picked A Student Loan CEO To Run The Student Loan System.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of North Carolina system Board of Governors voted 24 to 3, with one abstention, Friday to bar litigation by the UNC Chapel Hill School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights. Via Phil Hill : “Some Ed Tech Perspective on UC ’s Billion-Dollar Payroll System Fiasco.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. month gives you a “personalized learning plan.”

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

“ Personalized learning ” – it’s simply the best idea that money can buy (that isn’t already being paid for by Salesforce, I guess). Via Edsurge : “ VR Could Bring a New Era of Immersive Learning. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Alternet : “ Gavin Grimm Wants To Fix The Education System That Failed Him.” ” When you hear someone invoke New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina as a model, do remember what happened to all the Black teachers … Via the AP : “ Philadelphia moves to retake control of city school system.”

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” ” “What’s So Different About High Tech High Anyway?”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Edsurge on the Injini ed-tech accelerator in South Africa : “Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator.” ” “Do You Know the Edtech Adoption Rules in Your State?

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

6,263,439, titled ‘Verification system for non-traditional learning operations.’ ’ What kind of ‘verification system’ does Solocron claim to have invented? The University System of Maryland joins edX. According to Edsurge’s calculations , “US Edtech Brings in $122M in June.”

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Via Inside Higher Ed : “After the State College of Florida replaced a tenure-like system with three-year contracts for all new faculty members, some complained.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Memos from HR.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via The Guardian : “ Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web : ‘The system is failing’ ” It is not entirely clear to me what, per this Edsurge op-ed , higher ed can learn from precision medicine. Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

“Students who can’t afford uniforms in New Orleans all-charter-system are routinely barred from attending school. ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). ” The Business of Job Training.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. I really like the part where she compares those who defend the current education system to “flat-earthers.” Keeps Obama Plan to Streamline Loan System.” Implications for K–12 Business.”

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. ” Via The Root : “ Calif.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” This kills me: The personalised education movement combines a testing machine for the big-data age with a key idea taken from Maria Montessori, who developed her approach more than a century ago: that each child should drive their own learning. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” asks Clint Lalonde.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40