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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. This was justified by the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence to support expanding the use of OER. Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann.

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Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system. 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 all possible with CK-12.

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Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

Iterating Toward Openness

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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Of Progress, Problems, and Partnerships

Iterating Toward Openness

In 2012 Kim Thanos and I founded Lumen Learning because, through our Gates-funded work on the Kaleidoscope Project, we had seen first-hand how hard it was for faculty to replace publisher materials with OER. MIT OCW, Wikipedia, Khan Academy), but in 2010 it was difficult to find a faculty member who had made the switch.

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On building learning playlists

NeverEndingSearch

And it is super easy to include them in any learning management system or website. YouTube playlists might be a good way to gather material from Khan Academy or Crash Course or Flocabulary and mix them with locally grown instruction and a few provocative questions. OER and you: The curation mandate.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. A Wi-Fi system. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” .” “If free college required a dramatically higher adjunct percentage, should we do it?”