The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Just two weeks away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today, OpenStax—part tech startup, part publishing house, part cognitive science research lab—has a library of three dozen titles. And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. colleges use at least one.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine. The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

As the title of the document makes explicit, the framework aims to contribute to the conversation about the sustainability of OER: “Toward a Sustainable OER Ecosystem: The Case for OER Stewardship” It’s a valuable contribution to that conversation. I struggle to see how this will be possible.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

In three years as an investor at Reach Capital, an edtech venture fund, I’ve watched public, private and philanthropic dollars pour into school operations, adaptive software, data analytics, teacher development, and teacher tools in worthy attempts to improve education. More filler than fire-starter. Quantity over quality.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Although they would eventually change their model to focus on traditionally copyrighted textbooks, FWK’s over 100 openly licensed textbooks can still be found archived around the web in places like the Open Textbook Library and the Saylor Foundation’s website. Effective Advocacy.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

These digital tools help students master course learning goals by using data generated from students’ interactions with the adaptive software to predict what students should view or do next online. And as faculty become more comfortable with the software, we are finding that more students are completing lessons. adaptive technology.

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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. Leave this field empty if you're human: We need to ensure that all learning materials — including software — are subject to public inspection by taxpayers and parents of students assigned to use them.

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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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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

It’s hard to make sense of the current climate for school libraries. In other areas, library programs are being cut because some tight budgets favor more pressing priorities. In other areas, library programs are being cut because some tight budgets favor more pressing priorities. April 29, 2016.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He mentioned Lumen Learning and OER Commons as just two examples. The analytics and tracking software can be used for a variety of functions, Jacobs said, including making it easy for students to sift through their notes and highlighted texts in a systematic way. PanOpen casts itself as an alternative to traditional textbooks.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2011

Archipelago created hundreds of films, videodiscs, software programs, book series for many of the largest educational publishers in the United States, including Harper Collins, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saunders, and Prentice Hall. NETg was acquired by Thomson Corporation in 2001.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

BioDigital Human brings a virtual 3-D human body to life right on the screen of a Chromebook. To add to the richness of the experience, BioDigital Human allows students to virtually conduct dissections and use the information to study and explore. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/biodigital-human/agoenciogemlojlhccbcpcfflicgnaak?hl=en

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? A lot of media, telecom, eCommerce, software companies use this model, where customers pay for the service or product for a specific time period. a semester.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

I wanted to ask you about OERs. In terms of open access [journals] like [Public Library of Science]… they're leading edge. You have these state institutions that are really spread out. I think that there are lots of educational institutions that are de facto [internet service providers]. Why do you think that is? Present it at the PTA.

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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. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

That meant open source software, open education resources, and open access in scholarly publication. Several participants pointed out limitations on faculty time which block creation and even adoption of OER. For example , Kristin Vogel : “Libraries ally, champion and offer expertise on this very value.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Libraries and Librarians ? Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic!

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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

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. The NMC Horizon Report 2017 – the Library Edition. .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?” ” Oh.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. I wonder how many schools and districts that use the software have done this? ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. ” More on HR changes in the sports section above.

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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

MAY 27, 2016

. “In the Leeds offering, for example, each course certificate will cost £59 and there are five taught courses; the sixth assessment course, which leads to 10 credits, is priced at £250 – making a total cost of £545 – which will also cover access to online library content,” The Guardian reports. (It’ll

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

“Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed software on its TVs to collect viewing data on 11 million consumer TVs without consumers' knowledge or consent.” ” asks Clint Lalonde.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.

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