21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. 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. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).

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OER Khan Academy Moodle Meeting 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As I’ve been (re-)reading OER adoption research through a more critical lens I’m seeing a recurring pattern of significant threats to validity in the designs of studies purporting to measure the impact of OER adoption on student outcomes. Many research studies fail to address the way instructors end up using OER.

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OER Outcomes Study Course 117

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

Some of our clients now report being approached with acquisition opportunities weekly. As the half-life of skills continue to decline, innovative institutions will partner with corporate-learning divisions to provide ongoing skill and training development that can be applied to credentials.

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OER Knewton Kaplan Company 82

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Imagine sharing its reports of issues and growth with parents who can subsequently work with their children in more informed ways. Librarians might create grade- and curricular-relevant folders of highly engaging content, perhaps OER. ” Remember the clunkiness of language learning labs?

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Microsoft Education Assessment Data 77

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

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

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

K-12 Cyber Incident Map: 8 School Districts Have Experienced Multiple Cyber Incidents Since 2016 , which reports on a trend that I’ve seen in tracking K-12 cyber incident reports: school districts suffering repeat cyber incidents, even in the short time I’ve been tracking the issue (since the start of 2016).

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 14, 2017

to do continuous improvement in education, you need OER (permission to change) plus analytics (info about what to change). splitting into train/validate/test sets), exploration, transformation, model building, and evaluation process point and click.

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Analysis Data Tools Learning 64

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Join us today for a great set of final presentations, as well as for our closing celebration: we''ll hear a special message from US Congresswoman Nita Lowey, get reports on the five grassroots projects, announce dates for some special 2014 events, and issue the conference-created Global Education Declaration.

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OER Education Conference Mobility 56

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Ralyea knows well the challenge of haphazard coordination, having lived it in South Carolina, where he had to work with a standards-based report card. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

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. Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” ” Spoiler alert: Latinos.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

utm_source=gmail They can practice notation and ear training using: "Music Notation Training" : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/music-notation-training/baflflhaeoafhbeiioodmdmjohkoalio?utm_source=gmail The process is so simple! utm_source=gmail They can learn the piano keyboard using: "Color Piano!":

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Library Technology Reports , 54 (6). Has that train left the station?). Library Technology Reports (vol. Coming in the next post: OER, OA and openness. Here’s the definitive answer in the form of a tweet from Springshare itself : Now, back to the session.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites. “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. “Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported,” Techcrunch reported in November.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). CK-12 is at the forefront of OER by doing adaptive and personalized learning. Our model was to be more than an OER aggregator,” Khosla says. “We

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OER EdTech Exercises Resources 172

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

1:00 pm (PDT) Fast and Fit Brain Training: Through a Library Service Delivery Model, Year Two Patricia Shepard Sohmer, M.A., 1:00 pm (PDT) Fast and Fit Brain Training: Through a Library Service Delivery Model, Year Two Patricia Shepard Sohmer, M.A., She recently published the Social Media Curation, a Library Technology Report for ALA.

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Libraries Conference Classroom Social Media 28

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 28, 2022

Consequently, the Belonging Framework is now integrated into all our professional development, including our learning circles focused on online teaching, active learning, OER and OEP, and evidence-based teaching. Lumen trains the faculty coordinator and interns in the process of conducting user tests.

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OER Professional Learning Conference Training 106

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. .” making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER.

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Policies Technology Education OER 258

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Fallon described the scope of the company’s reach in different areas of K-12, higher education, and professional training.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The Business of Job Training. How Humans Train Its Search AI Is Partly Why.” ” “ OER , Capability, and Opportunity” by David Wiley. Via Edsurge : “ OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Research, “Research,” and Reports. LaVar Ball Wants to Shake Up the System.”

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OER Education Robotics LMS 44

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Via Politico : “ DeVos : Schools should decide whether to report undocumented kids.” “The Department of Education on Wednesday announced the process by which borrowers who had made ineligible payments for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could be reconsidered for the benefit,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. ” The Business of Job Training. trains students become venture capitalists.” ”). .”

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

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. Cooperate or Compete What happens when legacy publishers and OER upstarts meet in the same room to talk about a buzzy phrase like the “Netflix of Higher Ed”? The all-cash deal: $412.5

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 82

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via NPR : “Grand Jury Report On Penn State Hazing Finds ‘Indignities And Depravities’ ” The Business (and Politics) of Student Loans. ” The Business of Job Training. ” asks The Hechinger Report. Research, “Research,” and Reports. ” Education in the Courts.

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Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. “ Montana vote becomes a national referendum on public confidence in higher ed ,” says The Hechinger Report. The Business of Job Training. National) Education Politics.

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Education MOOC Company OER 55

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. Via The LA School Report : “ LAUSD approves $7.5 .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” .” Via NPR : “Under Trump Budget , Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care.” The school in question: Bethune-Cookman University. More court cases in the sports section below.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. ” “One year into an experiment allowing colleges to award Pell Grants to incarcerated students , Trump administration officials look to be even more invested in the program,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Because “open.”). SDG Academy has joined edX.

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” Coleman University will close, IHE reports. ” asks Wired.

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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. ” “ Kansas lawmakers, trying to head off a court shutdown of the state’s public schools, have increased aid to poor districts by $38 million,” NPR reports. ” Rebrand. .”

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

The Department of Education’s Chief Privacy Officer Kathleen Styles has been “reassigned,” Education Week reports. ” The Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump Administration might limit the number of visas available to Chinese students. ” “It” in the headline is the DC Public Schools.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The NAACP endorses OER. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145