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Thoughts on Continuous Improvement and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

Improvement in post secondary education will require converting teaching from a solo sport to a community-based research activity. For example, we update OER based on faculty feedback, current events, and the availability of new OER. Simon , 1986). The faculty Lumen work with carry an enormous workload. (In

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Buy them a beer when you see them at an event and thank them for covering the LMS industry so I don’t have to. million devices shipped to primary and secondary schools in the US last year – that’s up from 50% in 2015.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals. Channel One (and the Unsinkable Chris Whittle). The TED Talk.

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