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).

OER 40

OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

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. Ask questions that assess how a leader integrates and dictates technology into his/her projects and to those he/she leads. Digitally Mature Leaders .

Technology 120

Technology Classroom BYOD OER 120

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

As K–12 institutions digitally progress, slow data sharing between parents, teachers and administrators is leaving all players increasingly frustrated as they are forced to wait for important information sent through what is quickly becoming an outdated system. This is not just a hypothetical example. by Eli Zimmerman.

Competency Based Learning 185

Competency Based Learning OER Data Comparison 185

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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OER Data Tools Trends 87

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

In this post I would like to introduce you to way that you can ensure the standards are amplified, and not ignored, by the integration of educational technology. A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We

Technology Support 112

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Namely, it wants to help build an open-source system that lets professors piece together online course materials from a variety of sources, and also offer their own materials for sale to colleagues around the world. The system will also pull in some OER textbook material developed by OpenStax , a low-cost publisher at Rice University.

Pearson 131

Pearson OER Software Course 131

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

There is much that’s wrong with the educational technology (“edtech”) market. It would be an interesting thought exercise to re-examine the traditional seven virtues (prudence, justice, temperance, courage, faith, hope, and charity) and decide what each of their edtech replacements would be.

Technology 72

Technology Education EdTech OER 72

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. But in the past few years the company has suffered several setbacks—along with mounting criticism that its founding CEO, Jose Ferreira, overhyped its technology.

Knewton 113

Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 113

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means. Still, sustainable ways to fund OER into the future remains an open question. Can evidence even keep up with edtech? Those models need to develop,” said Allen.

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OER EdTech Company Data 76

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.

OER 90

OER Education Policies Survey 90

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. Learning Management System (LMS). During the last ten years, many corporate giants and schools have started using Learning Management System to train employees, students or customers.

MOOC 127

MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

What’s In This Year’s Edition The Horizon Report aims to identify themes and challenges in higher education and technology, and predict which trends may materialize in the near future. Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example. Anyone who wanted to contribute content could,” he says.

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Report OER Trends Industry 64

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

As a report in The New York Times noted, Amazon appeared to have opened the site without a system in place to review whether users were violating copyright when they uploaded materials—systems that are standard on other collections of user-generated content. Department of Education.

OER 113

OER Education Company System 113

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers.

Knewton 65

Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 65

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

At ISTE 2015, Common Sense Education will provide a sneak preview of the latest version of Graphite, designed to help educators learn fundamental edtech teaching skills. Share your vision for the future of edtech using #EnvisionEdu. Learn about how to use open educational resources (OER) in your classroom! Can’t make it?

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OER iPad EdTech Twitter 40

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.

OER 60

OER Company Outcomes Adaptive Learning 60

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

As a story in The New York Times noted at the time, Amazon Inspire appeared to have opened without a system in place to review whether users were violating copyright when they uploaded materials—systems that are standard on YouTube and other collections of user-generated content. She declined to provide additional details.

Education 110

Education OER Company Facebook 110

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Knewton technology is also used enVisionMATH2.0 , a Pearson offering for grades K-8, but neither company offered specific details on the status of this agreement.)

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 78

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

The product has reached the end of its product life cycle and simply cannot compete with new learning technology products on the market.”. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Similarly, the trend toward OER and greater competition among vendors is also expected to negatively impact the LMS market.

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

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. It is time to be more systemic and strategic. Is there any hope for change? The big “aha!”

Strategy 60

Strategy OER Course System 60

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 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

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!

Software 48

Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

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

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.

Instructional Materials 387

Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” 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. Because technology imperialism. National) Education Politics.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

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.

Policies 258

Policies Technology Education OER 258

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). In the new model, students usually pay a per-course fee that covers digital texts and homework systems.

Pearson 110

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 110

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Intelligent learning engines inside immersive courseware will give future teachers the ability to leverage the best in software development and systems. Leveraging Technology without Gating. Confusion about quality and actual rigor are added by the OER preferential language of both the federal government and the states.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

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.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

This is the edtech industry’s premier financial conversation, packed with more than 4,100 people and 350 CEOs. He’s more proud that he showed that an education provider could thrive without participating in the traditional system of federal financial aid. education technology investors is creating a new fund to support deals overseas.

Kaplan 99

Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 99

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural. Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon. Has gaming worn out its welcome in schools and colleges?

Trends 113

Trends LMS Social Media Education 113

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. Kamau Bell.

Coursera 71

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 71

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Higher education is going through a massive transformation thanks to the adoption of new technologies like mobile learning , gamification and digital courseware. Many colleges and universities have invested in technology, laying emphasis on education facilitated by digital and remote learning techniques. Interactivity and Engagement.

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