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VR, PBL, and OERs: Four High Hopes for Learning with Edtech in the New School Year

Edsurge

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. I’ve seen the students in my own school get pretty excited about the robots they’ve built and programmed with code. It is good! Where we are: Since the U.S.

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Robots Won’t Replace Instructors, 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’

Edsurge

BBookX uses artificial intelligence to create OER texts for professors to use in their courses instead of traditional textbooks. Sparrow thinks a tool like BBookX can be used for personalized learning in the classroom as well—so that perhaps students can craft what their own study materials look like.

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Inspiring Students: Bringing Awe Back to Learning

A Principal's Reflections

In an article published in The Atlantic titled Making Time for Awe , various research studies support the many benefits of having our minds blown. Some examples include augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), adaptive tools, coding, drones/robotics, and gamification.

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What Next-Gen Digital Humanities Looks Like

Edsurge

The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. Kirschenbaum , a professor of English at the University of Maryland at College Park and director of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies program there.

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

For “Mid-Term Trends: (three to five years)” the report found “Proliferation of Open Educational Resources” and “The Rise of New Forms of Interdisciplinary Studies.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

For “Mid-Term Trends: (three to five years)” the report found “Proliferation of Open Educational Resources” and “The Rise of New Forms of Interdisciplinary Studies.” ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.” ” The city uses algorithms, for example, to place students in public schools.