Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. . What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? These issues have brought OER back to the forefront of educational needs. .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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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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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Technology can often seem like an afterthought, but if used wisely from the start, some edtech tools and resources can be a big help to a teacher who's just starting out. Later, once you've established some classroom routines, you can experiment with other resources, building your edtech toolkit as you go. OER Commons.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Instead of asking learners to read a math or social studies chapter, you can bring the subject to life with a digital textbook. 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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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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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). As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes, but there are some critical caveats."

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. Learners will study geography and contributions of both civilizations, while also reading poems and folktales. Learners will also study topics such as mountains, volcanoes, the Grand Canyon and erosion.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

A 2018 study conducted by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) highlights schools in 9 states that have already started to implement interoperable systems with promising results. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer. Many working in open education praised me for being so involved in the movement as an educator dealing with OER on the ground.

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Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans. Let’s look at the benefits of using an OER lesson plan and what it looks like. Why use an OER lesson plan?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. BHP, dubbed a “social studies course that runs on jet fuel”, covers nearly 14 billion years of history for middle and high school students. The study looked at US students ranging from 7th to 12th grade taking the Big History Project course.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

And this year’s predictions range from the abstract, such as “advancing cultures of innovation,” to more specific ones like an increasing appearance of new interdisciplinary studies on campus. Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Digital Citizenship: Grades 9-10 : In this high school Workspace, learners identify and study digital citizenship as it relates to teenagers. Hāpara can help your school or district easily build and distribute a digital OER textbook collection.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. case studies and articles I had purchased over the years). In addition to better collaboration and communication throughout the university, there are a number of edtech companies out there that synthesize the process for you.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

It offers a large number of students access to study high-quality courses online through video streaming. Open Education Resources (OER). A good example of this would be the usage of OERs by Sky Customer Service to train their employees. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry.

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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. pic.twitter.com/4ZIax3aDBA. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

When EdSurge checked the collection in July, the site listed about 3,600 materials for Social Studies, and now shows about the same. Peters says that some states ended up deciding to pick other platforms, like OER Commons , in their efforts to organize and review open materials created or used by their teachers.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Alta at a Glance With Alta, Knewton aims to combine third-party open educational resources (OER) with assessments and the adaptive-learning technology created by the company to inform how students progress through the content. We’re at a state where the quality of OER is definitely on the level of content from any publishing company.

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. OER Commons provides a database of free learning materials commonly used by teachers nationwide.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

As per a study, 65% of students have skipped buying required textbooks at some point. Students can access more than 20,000 course materials— courseware, eBooks, online homework and study tools, across more than 70 disciplines and 675 courses. By providing alternate means of acquiring learning resources such as OERs, K-12 libraries etc.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

One recent study found “widespread acceptance of alternative credentialing programs at American colleges and universities.” Panelists in this discussion will discuss the study’s findings and the evolving attitudes towards alternative credentials in the workforce. continues to grow, how can edtech help serve this population?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Here are the five companies in the 2016 cohort: Lrnr : An adaptive-learning platform that uses open educational resources (OER). Michelson Runway hired Designs for Learning , a learning assessment consultancy, to design studies to evaluate student outcomes for each of the companies. We’re learning alongside these institutions.”

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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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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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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. Another student could find photographs of places or inventions he wants to study and then create augmented reality-triggered videos of himself explaining what he’s learned.

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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. Techcrunch says that “ EdTech is having a renaissance , powered by the emerging world.” Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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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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Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. Teachers have access to hundreds of open-source digital textbooks, novels, units of study and more. Affordable for school districts. Instead of purchasing physical textbooks, schools and districts can use open-source digital textbooks.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The platform gives teachers and administrators the flexibility to mix and match content from a growing number of open educational resources (OER), to digitize existing content, or to build their own. 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material. Private Community & Study Group. 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In addition, the number of schools and districts using OER continues to rise. This happens with social studies too.). More important, teachers are stringing together groups of supplemental resources to create their curricula. This includes teachers sharing lessons with each other within and outside of their districts.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

They were trying to prep summer courses by linking to the freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, content offered by Lumen Learning, a courseware provider that argues that OER can be a tool in making higher education more equitable. Hi OER Friends! There was confusion. “Hi

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

SAMR -Many teachers have studied the SAMR Model. EDtech Top 50. Digital Curriculum… 24 OER (Open Edu Resources) Free. TIM – Take a look at this amazing program from the University of Southern Florida. Be sure to note the included matrix and resources This site provides a wonderful look at Blended Learning. 2017 STEM Dewey.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Miller Great Global Challenge Project Awardee Presentation: Why should I study a Foreign Language? 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? Kamal Preet, Ms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Associate Professor of Biology A Case Study in Science and Engineering Job Shadowing in High School - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D. Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

This is the edtech industry’s premier financial conversation, packed with more than 4,100 people and 350 CEOs. Cooperate or Compete What happens when legacy publishers and OER upstarts meet in the same room to talk about a buzzy phrase like the “Netflix of Higher Ed”? Morning yoga, evening karaoke. No, it’s not a spa vacation.

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