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On the Relationship Between OER Adoption Initiatives and Libraries

Iterating Toward Openness

When we exercise that right and explain an idea in our own words (and perhaps other media), we then hold the copyright to our explanations of those ideas. Whenever it is impossible to replace commercial materials with OER for these reasons, we find ourselves in a situation where commercial materials must be used in the course.

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Tailor-ED Raises $1.6 Million to Bring Differentiated OER to More Students

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Not everything she found was useful or reliable, as is the case for most web searches, so she took time to vet each exercise. Now, Rouse no longer needs to search for exercises outside of work. “It It really is a time saver for me,” says Rouse, who’s taught for about 13 years. Most of those paying schools are international.

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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

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The platform also offers a library of supplemental resources from third-party providers. The system can also recommend follow-up activities and exercises specific to areas where a student may struggle. The system can also recommend follow-up activities and exercises specific to areas where a student may struggle.

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Part 4: Over 150 STEM Resources for PBL and Authentic Learning… Math

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

You will also find posts filled with resources including Science , Technology , and Engineering in STEM. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. Check it out if you have not had a chance! PDF documents.

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‘Prohibition Will Get You Nowhere’: Writer and Activist Cory Doctorow’s Message to Schools and Educators

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EdSurge: Schools today expose students to technology in a variety of ways, be it through Minecraft or an iPad. Doctorow: The promise of technology is its ability to provide individualized interactions for the people who use it, and education is clearly not a one-size-fits-all activity. I wanted to ask you about OERs.

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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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Everything Old is New Again: Textbooks, The Printing Press, The Internet, and OER

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Sadly, as Audrey Watters has frequently noted, it might be impossible to find a field of endeavor outside educational technology where more of the participants are so utterly ignorant of its history. (I Or (insert whatever comes next)… To my mind, the internet is an absolutely transformative technology (for better and for worse).

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