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Thoughts on Continuous Improvement and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

Recently I’ve been doing both more thinking and more roll-up-your-sleeves working on continuous improvement of OER. Improvement in post secondary education will require converting teaching from a solo sport to a community-based research activity. Few have formal training in teaching or learning. We need each other.

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

It’s an exciting event, which I’m live-tweeting (hashtag #OERSummit ). For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. A student panel (and why aren’t these mandatory for every education event?) How would you learn about them?

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

It’s an exciting event, which I’m live-tweeting (hashtag #OERSummit ). For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. How would you learn about them? This major government push is for both OER and open scholarship.

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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

Edsurge

These changes usually incorporate new findings in a field of study, or reflect recent events. And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. But each new edition comes with a higher sticker price.

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OER: Some Questions and Answers

Iterating Toward Openness

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” How do we deliver better learning experiences to more students? How do we deliver better learning experiences to more students? ” The article poses three questions and answers them.

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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

edWeb.net

Select schools in Orange County are part of LaunchED, an immersive, connected, and collaborative learning experience providing students with access to world-class digital tools and resources. Alison is an experienced secondary school English teacher, a Florida native and a graduate of the Florida State University. About the Host.

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Week of February 7th, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. Event recordings are posted and available after the events if you aren''t able to attend them live. link] PSYCHOLOGY OF MATH LEARNING ( Math 2.0

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