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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

FC – Flipped Classroom ( click here for my guide to flipping lessons ). FL – Flipped Learning ( click here for my guide to flipping lessons ). NGDLE – Next-generation Digital Learning Environment. OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use).

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Edsurge

For boosting student retention and success and reducing costs by embracing online OER textbooks Northern Arizona University. For implementing personalized online math instruction to help students master gateway courses Lehman College at CUNY. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. Fisher College.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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. Fees to join the Flipped Learning Global Initiative are $5000/year.

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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. The Flipped Classroom". This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright. Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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