K12 Open Ed

JUNE 9, 2015

The K-12 OER Collaborative has taken a great step forward as Karl Nelson has agreed to join the organization full-time as of later this month. Karl has been the Director of Digital Learning for Washington state’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for five years and prior to that worked with Puget Sound ESD.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It is the newest addition to SETDA’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Collection , available for access in their OER Commons site. “As . — Today, SETDA is pleased to announce the release of a cybersecurity resource focused on small, rural, and under-resourced districts.

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Resources Microsoft Advocacy OER 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

In 2014, I wrote about strategies for edtech success in the new school year , and in 2015, I wrote about edtech teaching trends for the new school year. Well, I’ve spotted some tools and strategies that have amazing potential to empower students and teachers to engage and learn more with the world beyond their school.

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OER EdTech Learning iPad 60

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. Edward Watson. In 2017, Top Hat nabbed $7.5

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OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 66

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). In an interview with EdSurge this month, Kibby called Ferreira “brilliant,” but said that the company’s initial strategy was based on a “flawed” idea. “No Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart.

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Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 114

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Those in the puppy camp argued, with good reason, that free curricula and OER content were hardly free once the related costs and risks were factored in. So the discovery, vetting, and alignment costs inflicted upon the teachers and districts that would try to embrace free and OER content would remain high.

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OER EdTech Common Core Company 60

Doug Levin

MAY 16, 2016

What I do want to comment on (in greater than 140 characters) is the practice of ‘openwashing:’ what it is, why I believe not being able to go beyond a pro-OER elephant test for organizations and service providers is untenable in practice, and some thoughts on what we can do about it. The Pro-OER Elephant Test.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). There are also education textbooks that teachers can use to find strategies for instruction. para can help your school or district easily build and distribute a digital OER textbook collection. TextBookGo. Schedule a demo today!

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OER Hapara E-rate Libraries 130

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. Here’s the good news: Our government edtech officials are convinced that librarians should play a role in curating the burgeoning number of open educational resources (they gave us several shout-outs and ensured we were there).

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OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

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. Understand State Open Work.

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OER Future Ready Edmodo Education 100

Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Each mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom , shares an example of the Mission in Action by a teacher I admire. André is a #DigitalLeadLearner, using web media and iPads in the classroom, an OER maker and a founder of the German Twitter chat, #EDchatDE.

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OER iPad Twitter Digital Learning 173

Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

School districts are now creating strategies for teaching these skills. Your school or district can also use digital textbooks that are part of open educational resource (OER) repositories. There are several high-quality OER sites that feature digital textbooks for K-12.

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OER Hapara Tablets Chromebook 130

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides.

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Libraries OER Wiki Strategy 145

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2019

Related: 4 surefire ways to get more for your edtech dollar. With hundreds of software programs, OER resources, strategies, and programs permeating our curriculum, making sense of ‘what’s working for our students’ had blossomed into an administrative quandary. We started with a current state and needs assessment analysis.

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OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 104

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Will states enable schools to pursue personalized learning strategies, which make use of technology to create custom-fit lessons for students? Doug Levin, president of the consulting firm EdTech Strategies, is worried. appeared first on EdTech Strategies. No one knows.

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Technology Future Ready Blended Learning EdTech 170

Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

YouTube algorithms: How to avoid the rabbit hole Explore how to use SEL to benefit learners and retain your teachers Check out our SEL strategies that can help you create a more positive and equitable school and district culture. Hāpara can help your school or district easily build and distribute a digital OER textbook collection.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Elementary OER 274

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Founded in 2008, Knewton blazed its way into the edtech industry with bold proclamations about its adaptive-learning technology, which it then licensed to digital curriculum providers. Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 139

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Despite frequent attempts by politicians, regulators, educators and edtech to improve degree attainment for lower middle and lowest SES groups; nothing has changed. Actions like lowering textbook costs through the use of open educational resources (OER) or digital courseware is a great start. Is there any hope for change?

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Strategy OER Course System 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. As Freddy is wont to say, “No one gets good at anything without practicing the skill or strategy.” Working across so many disparate texts, it would be nearly impossible for a teacher to create anything like this when using OER.

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OER Common Core Video Assessment 113

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

Open Education Resources (OER). A good example of this would be the usage of OERs by Sky Customer Service to train their employees. The e-learning industry has generated new tools to achieve constructive progress, and one can choose any of the strategies that best suits them.

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MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends.

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 111

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 110

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! This year attendees were treated to a Battle of the EdTech Stars.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. edtech deals. She adds: “If you don’t tie learning to talent, you miss the point of edtech.”.

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Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 71

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Diverse by Design: Creating CS Programs for All : When working to diversity computer science programs, strategies often look to improve existing programs rather than designing better programs for all from the get-go. DeSchryver and Cavanagh will look at how ESSA is guiding the work of edtech companies now and in the future.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. .” making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. The post U.S.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We will explore strategies, digital tools, professional learning, and much more! (10 Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Learn practice strategies, organization techniques, and a whole list of tools to make teaching this year EASIER!

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Google eBook Assessment OER 93

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

This is the edtech industry’s premier financial conversation, packed with more than 4,100 people and 350 CEOs. Maia Sharpley , who spent 9 years as vice president for strategy and innovation with Kaplan , is now a full partner with Learn Capital. Morning yoga, evening karaoke. No, it’s not a spa vacation.

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 100

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Here are the five companies in the 2016 cohort: Lrnr : An adaptive-learning platform that uses open educational resources (OER). Motimatic, for instance, has technology to deliver targeted, inspirational messages that could fit nicely with ReUp’s coaching strategy. Educators can customize courses and monitor student progress.

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OER Company Outcomes Adaptive Learning 60

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Some wonder when it will be open to the wider education community (and what the company’s broader education strategy is). My sense of publishers is that they’re in this mode of dismissing OER entirely, and it’s a crazy mistake,” he adds. But a year later, the site remains in limited, invitation-only beta.

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Education OER Company Facebook 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Lisa Petrides is founder and CEO of the nonprofit ISKME , an international leader in information-sharing and innovation in the education sector that manages OER Commons , a public library for open education resources.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

The concept of HyperDocs is spreading all over edtech land. They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs. The HyperDocs Templates page shares a variety of strategies to ease into the process. Templates abound. No need to start from scratch.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You will also see a summary overview, tips for success; some will have differentiated instruction strategies for English Language Learners and special accommodations. I love that it includes some tips and differentiated strategies. Each Idea Spark includes the name of the author, their location, and their Google Certifications.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” “Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe,” according to an investor in Edsurge. million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges. Stanford University’s Larry Cuban continues his analysis of behavioral management tool ClassDojo.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already! Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

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