Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER. The mood was positive, especially as OER adoption seems to be rising, reaching <>15% of adoption in some cases. Does OER currenlty exist in the P-12 sector?”

Trends 40

Trends OER Policies Conference 40

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

To Impact Investors, Foundations, and Policy Makers, Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions. I wish you had to plan a lesson and teach a class. At least once. In a public school. Quantity over quality.

EdTech 94

EdTech OER Industry Study 94

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. It is also important to gauge students’ age and ability while aligning it with the district AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) and the each tool’s Terms of Use.

Technology Support 112

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We saw a of myriad new and exciting programs—like centers where high school students apply industry skills, collaborative spaces for students across multiple grade levels, and physical environment extensions for blind students. We hope to visit even more districts in 2019! pic.twitter.com/4x9zw4vU7A. 3 District Data Interoperability Videos.

Data 167

Data Conference Assessment OER 167

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

The second obstacle standing in the way of the broad adoption of free software was the word “free” Many free software advocates understood that without adoption and use by business and industry, free software would never live up to its transformative potential. I don’t trust them. Freeriders!

OER 79

OER Software Company Microsoft 79

Marketplace K-12

JULY 8, 2016

The Software and Information Industry Association, in a recent online post , said the campaign—which encourages states and districts to consider open options—wrongly suggests that open resources are invariably linked with districts’ shifts to adopting digital materials, whereas commercial materials are stuck in the print world.

Software 74

Software Groups OER Industry 74

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

like some states and districts, we created open access textbooks and taught teachers how to curate open educational resources (OER), thus freeing up textbook monies for other purposes? (kind of like Iowa BIG in Cedar Rapids).

Education 100

Education OER Future Ready Blended Learning 100

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. Dan believes the education industry is poised to merge educators’ passion for teaching and learning with data that maximize their effectiveness. He wants to be a catalyst for that merger. Join the Community.

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. The SETDA mission is to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice. Join the Community.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

.” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). How is Google influencing policy?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

While in Big Soda the main players are Coke and Pepsi, their equivalent in the publishing industry are Pearson and Cengage (which has announced that plans to merge with McGraw-Hill). He said he hopes the college updates its policies to make it easier to opt out of its program for those who want to shop around. Concern About Lock-In?

Pearson 106

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 106

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Along the way, a need for more teachers with more specialties, either directly associated with schools or acting as market free agents, will potentially change the whole industry. This cry for trials proving rigor has prompted a response from industry in the form of multiple companies doing evaluations of products. Evaluating Rigor.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

” She was, apparently, at Koch Industries. Inside Higher Ed continues to investigate problems with the career services company Handshake : “ University of Delaware is changing its policies after a student was able to fool career-services platform Handshake and the institution with a blatantly fraudulent job posting.”

Education 55

Education MOOC Company OER 55

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. It points to policies the university can pro-actively ennact, and laws that could have been enforced by university police.” Via The LA Times : “ L.A.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine. ” Rebrand.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy.” Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” The NAACP endorses OER. Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. Education Politics. “A bold move,” says Inside Higher Ed.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” It’s boom times for the “regret industry.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Also by me : “The Ivanka Trump Ed-Tech Industry Network.” Also via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Purdue ’s President Says Free-Speech Policy Forces Him to Defend Faculty Critic.” (National) Education Politics. “What Ivanka Trump Knows about Ed-Tech” by me.

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Officials from 11 states are suing the Obama Administration over the guidance it recently issued regarding transgender bathroom policies and civil rights law. But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Education Politics. More via The New York Times.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

“15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. And there’s more on regulating the industry (or ya know, not) in the national politics section above. (National) Education Politics.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… “ Here’s How Higher Education Dies – A futurist says the industry may have nowhere to go but down. ” The head of the OECD ’s education division, Andreas Schleicher, writes in The Hill about “Educating students for the fourth industrial revolution.”

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Edsurge on the business of OER. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. ” Inside Higher Ed reports on a Foreign Policy report: “ China Intensifying Oversight of U.S. Lots of marketing and PR from SXSWedu : Edsurge on nudges and behavioral economics. Edsurge on mindfulness in public schools.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Another report – this one from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – claimed that “states are collectively investing 17 percent less in their public colleges and universities, or $1,525 less per student, since 2007.” There have also been efforts to expand college degree programs that rely entirely on OER.

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via The San Francisco Chronicle : “ Dev Bootcamp couldn’t tough out industry shakeout.” Edsurge on “Bridging the School-to-Business Gap: What Public Schools Can Learn From Industry.” Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla insists that “Venture capital has less sexual harassment than other industries.”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Policy-based Privacy is Over,” says Eric Hellman. Some (education policy) history from Sherman Dorn : “The pendulum and the ratchet.” “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. ” (I admit. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40