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#DLNchat: The Skills Gap-Fact or Fantasy?

Edsurge

We started off attempting to land on a set of definitions for skills—many #DLNchat folks suggested we stray away from the terms “hard skills” and “soft skills” to refer to skills specific to one job vs. skills universal to all jobs. At our next #DLNchat , we’ll discuss Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Ed.

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Maha, the Path to OER-Enabled Pedagogy, and Technological Determinism

Iterating Toward Openness

Among other things, the post discusses her role in my decision to abandon the phrase “open pedagogy” and adopt the phrase “OER-enabled pedagogy.” ” (For more detail, reference the blog posts listed above.). ” (For more detail, reference the blog posts listed above.).

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March 13th Library 2.0 Mini-Conference "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. REGISTER HERE to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward. She has a Ph.D.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Several participants pointed out limitations on faculty time which block creation and even adoption of OER. Online learning is on the rise. There’s a marvelous ethos of care.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

and world history events. Plague Doctor. Women’s Rights. Apartheid in South Africa. The Reading Like a Historian curriculum also engages students in historical inquiry around both U.S. Like the DBQs, lessons revolve around a central historical question and sets of prima ry documents to engage learners with varied reading skills.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. The TED Talk.

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