Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2016

It’s been a good year for open educational resources (OER). made commitments this year to establish entire degree programs based solely on OER. Governor Jerry Brown set aside $5 million for OER degree programs in California community colleges. Department of Education.

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OER Wiki Education Course 60

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 28, 2016

Creating and sharing OER did not harm their ability to succeed in accomplishing their core missions – the education of their students. And there are many reasons to believe that their efforts in creating and sharing OER actually advanced their core missions. 18) for the creation of OER-based degrees (see SEC.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2017

Open Educational Resources (OER) have yet to cozy up with the more orthodox academics and pushy print publishers of the world. The most recent example occurred this week, when OER company Lumen Learning announced a partnership with one of the country’s largest textbook distributors, Follet Corporation.

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OER LMS Company Course 86

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson. Now it’s my job.”

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OER Industry Course Guidelines 89

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 14, 2016

In case you didn’t see it elsewhere, I’m republishing the press release from Achieving the Dream about the incredibly exciting OER Degrees work that launched today. Achieving the Dream Launches Major National Initiative to Help 38 Community Colleges in 13 States Develop New Degree Programs Using Open Educational Resources.

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OER Course Study Resources 60

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.

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OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 67

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. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016. The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.)

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2017

The curriculum, which has been published as an Open Educational Resource under Creative Commons license CC BY, is available in both digital and print formats at im.openupresources.org. During the 2016–17 school year, 175 teachers across six school districts helped fine-tune the curriculum as part of a yearlong beta release.

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OER Resources Kaplan Instructional Materials 82

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When professors shift to assigning Open Educational Resources instead of publisher-produced textbooks, the move typically saves students money (and it can be a significant amount). A report released last week gives perhaps the most detailed accounting of the pricetag to colleges looking to make signiciant moves to OER.

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OER Study Report Course 141

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short). The search capabilities of Amazon Inspire. In support of Amazon’s commitment to the U.S.

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OER Resources Education Software 113

Doug Levin

MAY 16, 2016

Doug Levin (@douglevin) May 3, 2016. What I do want to comment on (in greater than 140 characters) is the practice of ‘openwashing:’ what it is, why I believe not being able to go beyond a pro-OER elephant test for organizations and service providers is untenable in practice, and some thoughts on what we can do about it.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. And as an active member in what advocates define as the “open education movement,” I frequently hear about the growing dissatisfaction of textbook costs and pedagogical concerns among faculty about outdated course materials.

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OER Education Policies Survey 92

Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2016

The panelists discussed current models of blended learning and provided visual examples of what these models looked like in various schools, classroom structure, open education resources (OER), learning management systems (LMS), creating flipped videos, flipped instruction , workflow, and challenges. bqsRbgHGng.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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OER Data Tools Trends 86

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

Amazon has quietly re-opened a previously-controversial sharing feature that allows allow anyone to add to its directory of online educational materials, a platform called Amazon Inspire. Inspire was launched with great fanfare in 2016, touted as a hub for educators to exchange lesson plans and other open education resources.

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OER Education Company System 116

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. This was justified by the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence to support expanding the use of OER. When Grimaldi et al.

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Khan Academy OER Case Study System 106

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 17, 2017

In 2012 Kim Thanos and I founded Lumen Learning because, through our Gates-funded work on the Kaleidoscope Project, we had seen first-hand how hard it was for faculty to replace publisher materials with OER. It seemed like lots of people wanted to publish and share their own OER, but no one wanted to use anyone else’s.

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OER Khan Academy Case Study Course 102

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. What then of the students?

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools? ” 16 November 2016. The post How Will the Presidential Election Results Influence Education Technology in Schools? As quoted in: Dobo, Nichole. “ The Hechinger Report. appeared first on EdTech Strategies.

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Technology Future Ready Blended Learning EdTech 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. What then of the students?

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In that context, that non-disclosure may be revealing for how far Knewton, which has been one of the most well-funded education technology companies, has fallen short of financial expectations. Wiley, once a major publisher of higher-education materials, has seen its education publishing business shrink over the years.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 143

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Last summer the world’s largest online retailer launched Amazon Inspire, touting it as a hub for educators to exchange lesson plans and other Open Education Resources. Some wonder when it will be open to the wider education community (and what the company’s broader education strategy is). Department of Education.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2016

Open educational resources (OER) have saved students at the University of Georgia (UGA) nearly $2 million in textbook costs alone over the past three years. Rather than roll out a broad campaign to promote OER on campus, the center is focused on working with individual faculty members who teach large enrollment courses, Watson says.

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OER Software Course Study 76

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. Working across so many disparate texts, it would be nearly impossible for a teacher to create anything like this when using OER. The 2016-17 assessment results show strong growth over the year among high school students. Source: BHP.

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OER Common Core Video Assessment 114

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. It was a powerful gathering of campus leaders and practitioners, organized around a common focus on liberal education. Consensus was: next steps, the future of tech and liberal education. Preconference workshop.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s now time to get down to brass tacks and figure out how the implementation of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) can best be leveraged by state and local officials to improve educational outcomes for children and youth. These also speak to implicit expectations for technology availability. Offering online learning?

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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

She first discovered Open Up Resources in 2016 and rolled out its K-8 English curriculum for the 215 students at her school in the fall of the following year. We want educators to see how it connects with students and see the impact that curriculum makes on learning outcomes,” she adds.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 84

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Here I am connecting with educators from my classroom half a world away. These are OER and ready for you to use.). There are at least two types of project calendars in education collaboration experiences: The Project Calendar. 2016, Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution. An OER Resource created as part of the.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

Now benefits like those cost reductions and higher student success rates are prompting the school to roll out more Z-degrees programs and extend its partnership with Lumen Learning by piloting next-generation adaptive OER courseware. But Tidewater doesn’t have plans for total conversion to OER, despite the benefits.

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Adaptive Learning OER Learning Course 81

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 28, 2017

Offering a familiar, filtered Amazon search/shopping interface, Inspire allows educators to discover, download, curate and share Open Educational Resources (OER). We’re working to build a thriving community of educators on the Amazon Inspire Beta, and are eager to have you as a part of it. Why the delay? International.

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OER Guidelines Common Core Libraries 44

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. In America ,” former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often says, “ your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Each year, K-12 schools and districts that have leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievements of their students are honored through SETDA’s Student Voices program. She is passionate about leveraging technology’s promise to improve education. You can learn more about Operation Bee here.

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OER Tools E-rate Blackboard 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”? Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? last year to 63.3%

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

Where does open education stand in 2016? We touched on the just-concluded Open Education Global Conference in Krakow, which Cable found to be very higher education focused. European educators are placing a strong emphasis on open educational praxis, open pedagogy. TRENDS IN OPEN EDUCATION.

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Trends OER Policies Conference 40

Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

Where does open education stand in 2016? We touched on the just-concluded Open Education Global Conference in Krakow, which Cable found to be very higher education focused. European educators are placing a strong emphasis on open educational praxis, open pedagogy. TRENDS IN OPEN EDUCATION.

Trends 40

Trends OER Policies Conference 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If And to provide more digital content beyond OERs, the government launched the Open eBooks app back in February 2016.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So appsthatmatter.

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150