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[Guest Post] OER 101: Building the Future of Education Beyond Brick-and-Mortar

Education Elements

That’s where OER come into play. Enter: OER. Instead, we need high-quality, current resources to keep students interested, informed, and engaged. As these resources race to the front, they help teachers push through barriers due to textbook contracts: high prices, irrelevant content, and ineffective material to meet students’ needs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. ” Education Elements has also released a report on personalized learning. ” “What happens after American higher education contracts? ” asks Mark Guzdial.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.