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.

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Tagged on: August 18, 2017 The Value of Bringing Drones to the Classroom | The Atlantic → As drone-related employment opportunities expand, a Kentucky educational cooperative is finding ways to offer students the relevant training. Tagged on: August 17, 2017 Do Laptops Help Learning? Tagged on: August 12, 2017.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) “Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge,” The New York Times reported in October. The Chromebooks are not fully-functioning laptops. But there are trade-offs.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

million laptops to all public primary schools. ” “The Weak Evidence Behind Brain-Training Games ” by The Atlantic’s Ed Yong. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” Now it’s giving away flash drives for positive online reviews.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. The Business of Job Training. Why is this in the job training section of the Hack Education Weekly News, you ask? ” asks The Atlantic. “ Are Universities Training Socially Minded Programmers? ” asks The Atlantic.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

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.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145