Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

In 2014, I wrote about strategies for edtech success in the new school year , and in 2015, I wrote about edtech teaching trends for the new school year. Another student could find photographs of places or inventions he wants to study and then create augmented reality-triggered videos of himself explaining what he’s learned.

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OER EdTech Learning iPad 60

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These specialized search platforms provide access to peer-reviewed articles, books, journals, and a plethora of other academic materials, essential for in-depth research and study across various disciplines. It’s a valuable resource for educators seeking in-depth academic studies and theoretical frameworks.

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Education OER Libraries Accessibility 115

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

The story behind the latest Horizon Report —which ranks tech trends in higher education—is easily more dramatic than the document’s actual conclusions. What’s In This Year’s Edition The Horizon Report aims to identify themes and challenges in higher education and technology, and predict which trends may materialize in the near future.

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Report OER Trends Industry 64

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Most American professors generally avoid digital materials, according to a new study. “[One] tenth (11 percent) were using OER materials and 4 percent were currently using OER in their classes and also making their own course materials available as OER.” Read the whole thing.

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OER Study Survey Education 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Perched in lime green desk chairs, dozens of employees of OpenStax work here to transform physics, calculus and psychology materials into digital textbooks that students can study at no cost. Some professors have aesthetic objections to OER materials. By the nonprofit’s estimates, more than half of U.S. colleges use at least one.

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Industry OER Course Company 101

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

It offers a large number of students access to study high-quality courses online through video streaming. Wearable gadgets such as Google Glass and Apple watch is the new trend that has innovated the e-learning industry in the last ten years. Open Education Resources (OER). Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

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MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That figure includes texts procured legally, like open educational resources (known as OER), and illegally, such as pirated files shared through torrent websites. The decrease follows a trend of near-steady spending decline going back at least 10 years to 2007-2008, when students reported spending an average of $701 on course materials.

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Course OER Pearson Survey 143

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

On February 25th Casey Green and I met online for the third Future Trends Forum. Casey noted some long-term persistent trends, such as campus IT seeing technology as an underutilized aid for instruction, and not feeling satisfied about institutional promotion of technology for faculty. Here is the full recording and my notes.

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Trends LMS VLE Technology 40

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

OER Commons. Every teacher should become familiar with open educational resources, or OERs. Through the OER Commons platform, teachers can search for thousands of lessons or create and share their own. These free resources exist in the public domain for teachers to legally copy, use, adapt, and share. Teaching Tolerance.

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EdTech OER Tools Microsoft 66

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video). Pearson agreed.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

This new approach is fueled by trends that have impacted academic publishing over the past decade, including: The Rental Market: Companies like Wiley report textbook rental as the major cause for their recent 27% revenue decline in their Q3 (compared to 2016). in the fall of 2016. Many institutions are responding with tuition increases.

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OER How To Industry Assessment 99

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. MAKING THE PRIVACY CUT: A 2013 Fordham study found that less than 7 percent of the district-vendor contracts restricted the sale of student information by vendors.

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 110

Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. Being a good digital citizen not only improves the user’s experience but also foils the growing trend of cyberbullying. Digitally Relevant Curriculum.

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Technology Classroom BYOD OER 120

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 12, 2015

A major publisher recently announced a new initiative designed to study the efficacy of the materials they sell to students. See Efficacy, the Golden Ratio, and the OER Impact Factor.). – the core content infrastructure supporting education is shifting rapidly toward OER. And that’s terrific.

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OER Software Outcomes Smartphone 60

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

Under “Long-Term Trends for Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years” were “Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Cross-Institution & Cross-Sector Collaboration.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).

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Report Trends Robotics OER 46

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Black-box software, as OER pioneer and Lumen Learning’s Chief Academic Officer, David Wiley writes, “reduce all the richness and complexity of deciding what a learner should be doing to—sometimes literally— a ‘Next’ button.”. This is a mistake. It took a lawsuit to get Google to stop scanning students’ emails.

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Personalized Learning Learning Facebook OER 91

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

Under “Long-Term Trends for Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years” were “Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Cross-Institution & Cross-Sector Collaboration.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).

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Report Trends Robotics OER 40

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Librarians might create grade- and curricular-relevant folders of highly engaging content, perhaps OER. In his blog post about the global rollout, Mike pointed to the additional challenges educators will face this particular school year: A recent study from Stanford shows Oral Reading Fluency growth dropped during the pandemic.

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Microsoft Education Assessment Data 77

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2016

Today some 600 higher-ed institutions are developing entire CBE degree programs in career-related fields of study like biomedical sciences and criminal justice. Long before CBE was trending, Southern New Hampshire University gave it a test drive, largely in part to the vision of its president, Paul LeBlanc.

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Competency Based Learning OER Assessment Company 80

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The platform gives teachers and administrators the flexibility to mix and match content from a growing number of open educational resources (OER), to digitize existing content, or to build their own. 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material. Private Community & Study Group. 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

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

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

A Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study. TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER. Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom. Locating, Creating, Licensing and Utilizing OERs. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning.

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Coursera Course MOOC OER 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

According to a study conducted by College Board researchers , “The subgroups of students expected to enter the college-search process with the most information and most cultural capital are exactly the students who responded most strongly to the Scorecard.” So who does the College Scoreboard really serve?

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

She is deeply involved in exploring the trends affecting patrons, libraries, and the library ecosystem. Born a twin and raised in a large family in the rural West, her background in libraries dates to 1998 when she joined the book review staff of Library Journal.

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Libraries Conference OER System 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

She is deeply involved in exploring the trends affecting patrons, libraries, and the library ecosystem. Born a twin and raised in a large family in the rural West, her background in libraries dates to 1998 when she joined the book review staff of Library Journal.

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Libraries Conference OER Groups 36

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. Inside Higher Ed calls recent school closures “Days of Reckoning.”

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” (Yes, I’m tracking on this sort of thing as part of my 2017 “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” Via IRRODL : “ Khan Academy as Supplemental Instruction: A Controlled Study of a Computer-Based Mathematics Intervention.” Study Shows Choices Are Slim.” Hugsy makes a “smart baby blanket.”

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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! Libraries and Librarians ? Managing Stress ? Math Education ? Microschools ? Mindful Teaching and Learning ? Lifelong Learning ? Music Education

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Social studies teachers will adore these! What’s the evidence?

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 12, 2020

She is deeply involved in exploring the trends affecting patrons, libraries, and the library ecosystem. Born a twin and raised in a large family in the rural West, her background in libraries dates to 1998 when she joined the book review staff of Library Journal.

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Libraries Conference OER System 36

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

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”? But there’s an equally troubling and less circulated trend: underemployment. A desire to collaborate—and egos to compete. I hope that’s not our legacy.”

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 99

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. ” “ OER , CARE , Stewardship, and the Commons” by “Econproph” Jim Luke. Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” The business of OER. From investors Chian Gong and Jennifer Carolan, writing in Edsurge : “ Spotting the 2017 Trends That Fuel Edtech Innovation and Investments.” The business of Peter Thiel.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Bible study, I’m guessing. This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley. .”

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” ” Banning research on school vouchers ?

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46