Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

With course materials averaging around $1,200 per year , many colleges over the past decade have adopted open educational resources (OER) to cut costs for students. This body of research is impressive, given the general dearth of research on and accounting for what students actually learn in college. This isn’t uncommon.

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OER Data Outcomes Study 87

Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Digital textbooks are textbooks that teachers and learners can access online or download to their devices. In addition, educators and learners can access them on multiple devices at any time. . While some subjects cover higher education, you can browse the high school section to find math and science textbooks for secondary education.

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OER E-rate Hapara Libraries 130

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

In this second post you will discover how careful examination of the nouns in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration. Be on the look out for future posts entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning and also 40 great education sites to discover in 2015. Let’s take a look!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. An abacus is an educational technology, as is the slide rule.

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Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 87

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. This was justified by the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence to support expanding the use of OER. When Grimaldi et al.

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Khan Academy OER Case Study System 106

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

His work has shown him that “it will definitely be a more sustainable initiative if it is collaborative—-whether it's OER, open access journals, etc.if The #DLNchat community concurred there are ample opportunities for library-led collaborations in digital learning across campus. Libraries can help with the issue of quality.”

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Libraries Digital Learning OER Learning 137

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

How will artificial intelligence and machine learning change teaching? It’s a question that some higher education instructors have asked before, and one that two Penn State University educators sought to answer on Wednesday at this year’s EDUCAUSE conference in Denver. Artificial intelligence can play a role in that, too.

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Robotics OER Industry Education 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), one of the 12 partner organizations of Every Learner Everywhere, was charged with identifying and understanding innovations in the digital education landscape. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 191

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s now time to get down to brass tacks and figure out how the implementation of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) can best be leveraged by state and local officials to improve educational outcomes for children and youth. Offering online learning? These also speak to implicit expectations for technology availability.

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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

First-year teachers have a lot to think about, especially at the beginning of the school year: decorating their classroom, planning lessons and learning units, trying out different classroom-management techniques, and -- most importantly -- getting to know their students. OER Commons. Professional learning KQED Education.

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EdTech OER Tools Microsoft 66

Marketplace K-12

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A new portal created by the Council of Chief State School Officers provides case studies and resources on OER for state and local education officials.

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Policies Groups OER Resources 40

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The district provides a personal iPad for every teacher, middle and high school student, and teachers’ lessons include a mix of purchased and free online resources. Openly licensed educational resources are free online learning materials that can be used for teaching, learning and assessing students’ knowledge.

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iPad OER Meeting eBook 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. 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.

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Pearson OER Software Course 128

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. I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article). Standards make up the general knowledge of what educators want students to know.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Many students need to cover the cost of housing, food and family care in addition to their educational expenses. Can online learning and digital tools help learners save money? Now, what can be provided online, is. So the resources go elsewhere, to situations where more personalized interaction is necessary.

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OER Tools MOOC Course 67

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Embed tech skills and certifications in programs targeting broader education goals.” Build on open content Instructional designer Rayane Fayed shared a simple, strong recommendation: “Build content based on existing open educational resources.” It takes a whole village to create an effective online program and course.

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How To Mobility Course OER 116

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Entangled Solutions felt, “Educators should develop the curriculum - they are curriculum design experts. Educators and employers need to collaborate to create a common skills language.” Institutions need to focus on this and not just on measuring” student learning outcomes. But this is an ecosystem problem.

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OER Outcomes Digital Learning Online Learning 64

MindShift

JULY 11, 2016

Teachers relied on textbooks as the primary resource because that’s all there was. The Liberty Public Schools district sees Langhorst and his colleague as front-runners in an important shift toward open educational resources (OER). The other two days a week are done online. GOING OPEN BY FOCUSING ON PROJECTS.

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Resources OER Classroom Study 28

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Partnership supports educators’ access to open educator-curated content. Through a seamless integration, teachers will have instant access to quality multimedia content to guide student-centric learning experiences, supporting the success of every student. “As

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LMS OER Future Ready Personalized Learning 49

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2019

Among other things, the post discusses her role in my decision to abandon the phrase “open pedagogy” and adopt the phrase “OER-enabled pedagogy.” the open web, open educational resources, etc.). Even though it paints me in a fairly poor light, I recommend that you read it.

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OER Technology Exercises Online Learning 113

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. The deadline for. Much like Fulé did.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 83

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Schools extend access to multiple web resources with a single sign-on system using one user ID and password. Passwords help protect individual and school data, but they can also be a frustrating obstacle to accessing tools for student learning, classroom management, and school administration,” said Robert Iskander, general manager.

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CMS OER Social Media Microsoft 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For educators that may mean working with students in a face to face, elearning, or a blended environment. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. A blended learning experience should be far beyond basic online or e-learning.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Wired Campus

OCTOBER 28, 2015

College technology leaders appear more optimistic these days about open-source textbooks and open educational resources — teaching and learning materials that can be used at no cost. And 38 percent report that their institutions encourage faculty members to use open-resource content, compared with 33 percent in 2014.

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Report Survey OER Education 28

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

It was a powerful gathering of campus leaders and practitioners, organized around a common focus on liberal education. I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.” Consensus was: next steps, the future of tech and liberal education.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Commercials, shown alongside educational programming, entered one of the last ad-free spaces in children’s lives. It’s not just a question of exposure to advertising and commercial branding, but of the ethics of public education in an increasingly digital world. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 47

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. All of our districts are members the members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, an 86-district coalition recognized for innovation and leadership in education.

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Resources Instructional Materials OER Elementary 90

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Now is especially the time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. In this post, I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make the Gold Standards of PBL come alive. They also can be integrated into the online and blended learning environment.

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Blended Learning Learning LMS STEM 180

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

What’s the current state of online learning? A new report from Babson, Pearson, the Online Learning Consortium et al, Grade Level ( pdf ), offers some intriguing observations about campus strategy and leadership. of academic leaders say that their faculty accept the “value and legitimacy of online education.” .”

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Online Learning Report OER Pearson 40

eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2020

As we all navigate through these unprecedented times, we want educators and parents to know they’re not alone,” said Patrick Connolly, President and CEO of Follett Corporation. These are solutions customers already have access to, and our goal is to ensure they know about all their options to help with the continuity of education.”.

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eBook OER Libraries Learning 67

Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

We don’t have a lack of places to learn new things. Years ago, textbooks served a different purpose. Information was at a premium, and textbooks filled the void. They were chock full of it — a one-stop shop for the curious student. Today, things have changed. Google searches and YouTube are where many of us [.].

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Google Learning OER Blended Learning 100

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So appsthatmatter.

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2016

Collaboration aims to create a more open, collaborative digital learning environment for K-12 students and educators. Engrade unifies the data, curriculum and tools that educators use every day to drive student achievement and inform district educational strategy.

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Accessibility OER Company Adaptive Learning 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2018

Can open educational resources, or OER, truly create more equity and access? That was the question at the heart of our #DLNchat on January 9, which centered around OER in Higher Education. Creative Commons or GNU, that specify how the resource may be reused, adapted, and shared.

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OER Resources Education Digital Learning 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. See you online!

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. SHEG also offers two other fabulous portals filled with resources to help classroom teachers and teacher librarians inquiry and historical analysis.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60