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17 things to know about K-12 OER textbooks

Hapara

Has your school district started to use open educational resources (OER) yet? If so, they’ve found out how many great resources are available online to use, share and modify. But has your school district considered K-12 OER textbooks? First, OER are free for anyone to use. They’ll save your school district money.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

The post The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started.

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Information Age vs Generation Age Technologies for Learning

Iterating Toward Openness

That’s what mobile was. ” Information age paradigms like open educational resources (OER) were all about leveraging the power of the internet to make perfect copies of existing resources and distribute them at scale at close to zero cost. That’s what the internet was.

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. This is not to say that the mobile medium provides a better learning experience ; however, students' work schedules often prohibit them from dedicated time in front of a stationary computer.

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ISTE Highlights: Tips for Effective Blended Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

The panelists discussed current models of blended learning and provided visual examples of what these models looked like in various schools, classroom structure, open education resources (OER), learning management systems (LMS), creating flipped videos, flipped instruction , workflow, and challenges. Enjoyed this post?

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

CREATE – Collaboartion, Resources, Educate, Apps, Technology, Enriching. MLD – Mobile Learning Devices. MLearning – Mobile Learning. OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). CIPA – Children’s Internet Protection Act. COPPA – Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

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Innovation In E-learning In The Last 10 Years

EdTech4Beginners

Using mobile for educational purposes is a slightly new concept. The material that is available for e-learning on a mobile device is specifically designed by expert instructional designers to make it compatible with a small screen. Open Education Resources (OER). However, it has taken the e-learning industry by storm.

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