Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

Conference 40

Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 15, 2015

No one wants to trade efficacy for reusability (or for lower cost, or for anything else – as the recent Babson survey showed , faculty want proven efficacy more than anything else). They lack what Giant Robot Dinosaur calls a Minimum Viable Personality. And yet we do this all the time without really realizing it.

Microsoft 60

Microsoft OER Resources Secondary 60

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

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. For its part, the OECD, the organization that administers the PISA test, has started surveying 10- to 15-year-olds’ social and emotional skills too.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145