Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

In describing her coining of the phrase “open source software” in 1998, Christine Peterson wrote : The introduction of the term “open source software” was a deliberate effort to make this field of endeavor more understandable to newcomers and to business, which was viewed as necessary to its spread to a broader community of users.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Schools extend access to multiple web resources with a single sign-on system using one user ID and password. In addition, SchoolMessenger Passport supports access to student information systems, family portals, school social media tools and more.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 11, 2022

I’ve been interested in sustainability models for OER for decades. And for just as long, I’ve believed that there are useful lessons for us to learn on this topic from open source software – OER’s far more popular and influential sibling. What does “bug” mean in the context of OER?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

And if we use the Creative Commons license system, we can basically pull all of this global knowledge from our wonderful teachers and our students and collect – we don’t have to collect other people’s questions; we can write our own questions. And we’ll pull up Google; you know, anyone can help. What makes Expii unique?

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

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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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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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m going to write a post or three about some of the friction that exists around using OER. There are some things about working with OER that are just harder or more painful than they need to be, and getting more people actively involved in using OER will require us to reduce or eliminate those points of friction.

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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. “At the most general level,” Srnicek writes.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. 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. The idea of eLearning progressed and soon incorporated the Learning Management System (LMS).

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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. From this effort, such big projects as G-Mail, and Google News have evolved.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

But Large Language Models (LLMs), and particularly the recent demo of ChatGPT, seem to have put the fear of God into everyone from middle school English teachers to the CEO of Google. And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. A Wi-Fi system. VR headsets (well, it’s really just a mask that holds your Google phone up to your face). Google has also rebranded Google Apps for Education as G Suite for Education.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has hired as its new chancellor a former University of California official who managed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ’s work on postsecondary education from 2012 until early this year.” ” That’s Daniel Greenstein. .

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Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

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.” This is a conversation we almost never have in the field of open education. What is our long-term goal?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. 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 End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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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. .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.). Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. ” Local law enforcement will be able to “tap into the system.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education last week outlined changes to civil rights investigations that advocates fear will mean less consistent findings of systemic discrimination at colleges.” “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge. But only if you let it.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment.” ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Employees Stage Worldwide Walkout.” ” Via Futurism.com : “Schools Are Installing Bathroom Surveillance Systems to Bust Vapers.”

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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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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

With funding from the Lumina Foundation and through the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, the QA Commons last week announced a pilot project to assess higher education programs at 14 institutions around the country.” Via The New York Times : “ Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

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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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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. higher ed systems scale up higher quality and cost efficient education? .”

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

I really like the part where she compares those who defend the current education system to “flat-earthers.” ” Via Education Week : “ Iowa schools to stop using $14M testing software after audit.” Keeps Obama Plan to Streamline Loan System.” How Google is ruining the Web.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education Announces Requirements for New Federal Loan Servicing System.” ” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. ” More via IHE.

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