Iterating Toward Openness
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Recently I’ve been doing both more thinking and more roll-up-your-sleeves working on continuous improvement of OER. Improvement in post secondary education will require converting teaching from a solo sport to a community-based research activity. Continuous improvement is an iterative cycle. Beginning the cycle again.
Edsurge
JULY 15, 2019
And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. Studies have shown that publishers previously justified raising prices by bundling textbooks with supplemental software that are rarely used.
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Iterating Toward Openness
MARCH 12, 2015
See Efficacy, the Golden Ratio, and the OER Impact Factor.). ” Materials or software that claim to be “open” but are traditionally copyrighted “All Rights Reserved” are more appropriately called “faux-pen” (fake open). I doubt it will come down; it will likely only rise higher.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2016
According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Take Adobe , for example.
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.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 29, 2016
Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article.
Edsurge
AUGUST 28, 2018
I wanted to ask you about OERs. When I go and do young adult tours, and I go to secondary schools, I meet students who've read Little Brother, and they're like, "How do I hack my school's censorware?" You have these state institutions that are really spread out. Why do you think that is? I always meet students. Present it at the PTA.
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