A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book. Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools.

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OER Personal Learning Network Outcomes Blended Learning 243

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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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means. Still, sustainable ways to fund OER into the future remains an open question. Austin, Texas outside of the SXSW EDU conference And that was just the start.

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OER EdTech Company Data 77

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

The report defines self-paced courseware as being accessed on a desktop or laptop and spanning the K-12, higher education, corporate training, and privately marketed software (such as that produced by language-learning company Rosetta Stone) sectors. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Since the U.S.

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Report E-rate OER LMS 70

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. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

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Data LMS Competency Based Learning OER 100

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

we trained district curriculum leaders in various blended learning models ? 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).

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Education OER Future Ready Blended Learning 100

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!

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OER Software Company Microsoft 79

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. Six Sigma training provided him with the background to identify and capitalize on professional opportunities.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The industry of higher education suffers under multiple inefficiencies to create a conducive environment for innovation. Advisors will need to be trained and will need tools like early warning systems, customer/learner management systems and scheduling tools.

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Strategy OER Course System 60

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.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.” million total.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

and BS in Industrial Engineering/Human Computer Interaction from University of Alabama and North Carolina A+T State University, respectively. Bryant is an active member of Educause, and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC); she also served as an Exemplary Course Program reviewer for Blackboard, Inc. She has a Ph.D. link] Steven J.

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Libraries Conference OER Online Learning 28

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). Subscribe to their blog.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Also on campus: sports analysis and training; campus tours. Tentative interest in where the porn industry is going. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. rsrc for Capstone OER e-book produced by student on AR/VR + Marketing [link].

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OER Analysis Education Data 47

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Also on campus: sports analysis and training; campus tours. Tentative interest in where the porn industry is going. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. rsrc for Capstone OER e-book produced by student on AR/VR + Marketing [link].

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OER Analysis Education Data 40

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

General Assembly, one of the pioneers of the “bootcamp” model for coding and technical-skills training, found a buyer : the Swiss HR firm Adecco Group. The manufacturing industry needs an injection of young blood as baby boomers retire, she says. The all-cash deal: $412.5 But its education officials are looking for outside help.

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 105

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

There’s also Pluralsight, a provider of tech-training courses that analysts bet will hit the public market soon. Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education) and David Wiley (the.

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Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 73

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

” She was, apparently, at Koch Industries. The Business of Job Training. ” Of course, the technology is biased because the data that Amazon used to “train” the algorithm was biased, which likely means that Amazon’s recruiting practices were biased in the first place. .” “The U.S.

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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. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. Via The LA Times : “ L.A. More LAUSD news in the legal section below.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” The Business of Job Training. ” The Pew Research Center asked “experts” about “The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training.” ” The attack was at Transylvania University.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine. ” Rebrand.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. Via Wired : “ Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” The Business of Job Training. EverFi also announced this week that it’s acquired the online compliance training company Workplace Answers. million total.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Business of Job Training. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” ” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. The Business of Job Training. That’s what I do here.

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Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” From the story: “Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany.” Another for-profit chain on the brink? ” Go team.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Also by me : “The Ivanka Trump Ed-Tech Industry Network.” The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “ Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge.” ” Via Spectrum News : “Despite dearth of data, firms sell brain training as autism antidote.”

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MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” From the Bloomberg Editorial Board : “A Raw Deal From Betsy DeVos ” – “ Rolling back regulations on the for-profit college industry will cause the public pain.” And there’s more on regulating the industry (or ya know, not) in the national politics section above. The Business of Job Training.

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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 Business of Job Training. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. .)” (I think it’s probably Big Bird and friends, but hey.

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley. What’s next?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

And today most MOOC companies have pivoted away from that to offer corporate training , professional development , and job placement services instead. There have also been efforts to expand college degree programs that rely entirely on OER. “Democratizing college,” it turns out, is hard work. ” It’s history. .”

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” The Business of Job Training. Edsurge on the business of OER. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. Watch how the narratives about “the future of education” are crafted. Via The Wall Street Journal : “Why an Honors Student Wants to Skip College and Go to Trade School.”

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via The San Francisco Chronicle : “ Dev Bootcamp couldn’t tough out industry shakeout.” ” Via Education Week : “For Principals, Student Sexting a Speeding ‘Freight Train,’ Full of Peril.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” ( Disclosure alert.). Go, School Sports Team!

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40