Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 17, 2017

A quick search via Google shows that Stephen Downes is mentioned over 500 times on the pages of Iterating Toward Openness. Both of these products wrap significant additional functionality around OER. It wraps pre-assessments, in situ formative assessments, and summative assessments around OER. Are they denied access?

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OER LMS Assessment Course 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

And the group will continue to use the software developed by NMC to coordinate the research, which was among the assets purchased by Educause. Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example. Not everything will remain exactly the same, though.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The open source software side of the open house has absolutely no issue with commercial entities using or contributing to open source software. ”, you declare, “the overwhelming majority of OER in the world are licensed in ways that permit commercial use, so what’s the problem?” What the heck is going on?

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OER Pearson Microsoft Education 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

He attributes this theory to the role Asia now plays in the global economy with automation being software driven, and abundance of material in the market place. One example used was Google’s idea to allow its employees 20% percent job time for self direction. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

Business and technology have become truly complementary: Forbes gives the example of engine manufacturers relying on software to push forward production. There are a wide variety of resources available including Youtube for Schools and Google for Education. Digitally Mature Students.

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Technology Classroom BYOD OER 120

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

I’m compiling a Storify of examples of this really engaging writing – you should definitely take the time to read through it. The recently published OER strategy document , as informative as it is, reads more like a list of issues and opportunities than what Michael Feldstein describes as “ rungs on a ladder of ambition.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Or the company will have to start charging for the software.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

So, for example, sometimes students who are struggling might be on the below end, in the sense that they have an even less than 25% chance of succeeding at these questions. This means that you can write your own textbooks, share them, or use them as you would any other OER or open education resource. What makes Expii unique?

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Classroom OER Software System 227

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Absent checks on real and potential biases, errors and omissions, students’ future educational prospects are being shaped by software. For example, many of the nation’s largest school systems use Google’s free suite of education tools, which allows teachers to develop their lessons, create assignments and administer assessments online.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 16, 2016

In many contexts – like open content, open educational resources, open source software, open access, and open data – “open” means “free plus permissions.” Just for fun, look at Google’s definition of open. Matthew hints toward a path through the confusion later. There are shoulders to stand on.

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Resources Education OER Software 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. ” Rebrand. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Via the Providence Journal : “Three teachers have resigned from Blackstone Valley Prep after the charter school confirmed allegations that they posted hurtful messages about some of their students” into a Google Doc shared with the entire school. More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision? Multiple choice: A.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. The Common Core aligned reading software maker had raised $1.8

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

“Education is going to be a powerful example of the potential of VR,” he said. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. VR headsets (well, it’s really just a mask that holds your Google phone up to your face). A Wi-Fi system.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Via Fast Company : “How Software Is Taking On School Shootings.”

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