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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OER Software Company Twitter 170

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

Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Some common 21st-century skills include critical thinking, creativity, digital literacy, technology literacy, information literacy and self-direction. School districts are now creating strategies for teaching these skills. There are several high-quality OER sites that feature digital textbooks for K-12.

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OER Hapara Chromebook Tablets 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

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. The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Our students use technology for learning, connecting with friends and entertainment. Many kids are online every day, so it’s important for educators to help them stay safe and develop healthy boundaries with technology. Digital law : Teaching learners about legal issues concerning technology and how it applies to them.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Elementary OER 274

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

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 137

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

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

The new E-learning technologies keep on evolving, and a lot of companies are investing in it to yield efficient employees. The technology is a driving force for the consultation industry wherein they specialize in training and staffing. Open Education Resources (OER). Interactive Audio-Video Learning.

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MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As a pioneer of online, blended and emerging technologies within higher education, I know many of the people within higher ed leveraging new tools are looking for a silver bullet to help more students be successful. Actions like lowering textbook costs through the use of open educational resources (OER) or digital courseware is a great start.

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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. This led to a conversation about TextGenome and our work developing technology to improve reading comprehension with Drs. As Freddy is wont to say, “No one gets good at anything without practicing the skill or strategy.” Source: BHP.

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OER Common Core Video Assessment 114

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. And then, there’s Amazon.

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 110

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? 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.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

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

AUGUST 23, 2016

Five higher-ed technology startups are soaring this week. Each of the five startups focuses on technology innovation in higher education, with products that range from student coaching tools to a talent recruiting platform. In the next couple of months it will continue building its technology and adding to its library of content.

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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). Kristina Peters, public interest technology fellow at New America, says she worked with Amazon last year during a previous fellowship at the U.S. But a year later, the site remains in limited, invitation-only beta.

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Education OER Company Facebook 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

. When technology is offered to schools free of charge, it always comes with the promise of improving teaching and learning. Today, the tradeoffs that school leaders and teachers face about technology — whether free or for a fee — are more complex and troubling. It also often comes with a catch. Related: Psst!

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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. With strong educational philosophies built into each one, HyperDocs have the potential to shift the way you instruct with technology. It’s not about teaching technology, it’s about using the technology to TEACH. Templates abound. No need to start from scratch.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

If technology doesn’t disrupt the very notion of the textbook first, its future is surely digital. OER remains a recent invention and the relatively large technology investments required to successfully implement a digital content strategy in schools just hadn’t been made in very many places. Image credits.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

The Layers of ESSA: Educational Technology in Title IV – 21st Century Schools, Part A. While most people surely love a good layer cake, the layers of provisions governing the new educational technology program in Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) are nothing if not overly complicated.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Using technology in schools is no longer just about preparing our students for college and career. Not only do they need the skills to navigate and utilize technology, but they need to understand how technology can connect them with people, places, and resources that were previously unreachable. It is good!

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OER EdTech Learning iPad 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

Libraries of all kinds serve as formal and informal creative classrooms, supporting learners by employing emerging strategies in learning and engagement. These include: play, collaborative exploration of ideas and technologies, and other innovations. She recently published the Social Media Curation, a Library Technology Report for ALA.

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Libraries Conference Classroom Social Media 28

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

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The goal of this blog has always been to provide teachers with digital learning resources, tips, and tricks, and help teachers find ways to integrate technology meaningfully in the classroom. We will explore strategies, digital tools, professional learning, and much more! (10 The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2022.

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Google eBook Assessment OER 95

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. Encourage students create a doll of themselves by using ratios, proportions and technology.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. Virtual Learning Environments - Dr. Nicole Simon, Assistant Professor Engineering/Physics/Technology Dept.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Full details are here. with Robert Porzak, PhD and Jacek Łukasiewicz, PhD High School Global Issues Class as a Springboard for Creating Young Activists - Adam Carter How can schools be vehicles for creating community wellness? David Stoloff, Ph.D.

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools? ” Will schools continue to accelerate the pace of blended learning – which incorporates technology into classes along with in-person instruction? Doug Levin, president of the consulting firm EdTech Strategies, is worried. No one knows.

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Technology Future Ready Blended Learning EdTech 170

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

This is the edtech industry’s premier financial conversation, packed with more than 4,100 people and 350 CEOs. education technology investors is creating a new fund to support deals overseas. Maia Sharpley , who spent 9 years as vice president for strategy and innovation with Kaplan , is now a full partner with Learn Capital.

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 99

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. What is it about the Utah that makes it a hotbed of education and technology talent?

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Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 71

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via MIT Technology Review : “ DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ NYC Data Science Academy Launches Online Bootcamp.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” ” “ Coding Boot Camps Are in Trouble, but New York City Has a Plan to Shape Them Up,” says MIT Technology Review. (“The Plan” is really more of “ a report.”). The business of OER.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Google Innovator, Service Learning and Technology Integration Coordinator at The American School of Tampico, Middle School | Mr. Joe Brooks Post-traditional and Adult Learning Principles: Serving International Students , Dr. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. Dr. Schell, Ed.D.,

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.). ” “Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe,” according to an investor in Edsurge. The History of Pearson.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Foreign faculty and researchers traveling to Canada to work on projects at public universities and affiliated research institutions will be allowed to stay for up to 120 days without a work permit as part of a new Global Skills Strategy announced Monday by Canada’s government.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44