Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Why don’t I instead build a system or a platform where we can have hundreds of different possible textbooks to teach the concepts I’m teaching?”

Industry 107

Industry OER Course Company 107

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The research suggests that participation is improved when digital education systems integrate communication tools that help learners collaborate and get feedback from their instructors. The extent to which learning tools “ contextualize” instruction with real-world and job-focused applications matters too.

Report 148

Report EdTech Tools OER 148

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. underwhelming.

Digital Badges 92

Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 92

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Especially important is a strategy to align digital learning plans to participation in the E-rate program and any state programs designed to meet similar ends (including those beyond K-12 education that support broadband build out to universities, hospitals, libraries, or public safety institutions).

Strategy 231

Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Fractus Learning

MAY 24, 2016

To do this, Lilly turned to the CK-12 Foundation to help develop a suite of Open Educational Resources (OER) that would help them meet the school’s budgetary and educational needs. But in a district with more than 4,000 students, the rollout was far from easy on the budget. So Lilly had to look for ways to cut down costs elsewhere.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning OER Laptops Learning 40

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises.

EdTech 189

EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. Ben-Naim says the acquisition by Pearson could “affect the plan,” which was to build OER content on Smart Sparrow. Smart Sparrow is also a partner in other grant-funded work, including an active project that received $2.5

Pearson 101

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 101

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. By guest blogger Leo Doran. One headwind specific to the U.S.

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For some folks in higher ed, the very idea of using open educational resources (OER) sparks dread. The right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive. EdSurge: Why are you such a proponent of OER in higher ed? Here’s how I look at it.

OER 158

OER STEM Course Libraries 158

Bryan Alexander

JUNE 24, 2015

Malcolm draws on those to illuminate the titular six: device ownership and mobile-first; the textbook and open educational resources (OER); adaptive learning technology; learning spaces; the next-generation learning management system (LMS); and learning analytics and integrated planning and advising services (IPAS).

Technology 40

Technology LMS OER Learning Analytics 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

Learn more here about their Marriott Lightning Sessions and raffle and follow @commonsenseedu & @graphite on Twitter. Visit CDW*G at Booth #2200 to explore solutions to better prepare for digital learning. dreambox learning. Readiness for Personalized, Digital Learning with Metiri Group.

OER 40

OER iPad EdTech Twitter 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

With Curriculum Foundry’s new integration with Google Drive and Google Apps for Education, thousands of schools and districts around the country now have a seamless end-to-end solution for digital learning. Districts can add digital content they have created to their repository as well.

Google 40

Google OER Chromebook Education 40

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

The value proposition that Knewton and its competitors have offered to these companies is that by collecting user data, the system can infer what a student knows—or doesn’t. It has already scaled back support for its learning management system tools.

Knewton 81

Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 81

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Through a seamless integration, teachers will have instant access to quality multimedia content to guide student-centric learning experiences, supporting the success of every student. “As Unfortunately, many of the tools available only meet a small portion of teachers’ needs or they are prohibitively expensive.

LMS 48

LMS OER Future Ready Personalized Learning 48

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Public Private Partnerships - The K-12 Funding Gap : Many inequalities in the American education system can be attributed to massive funding gaps between schools. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

Perkins’s learners uses assistive technology , a screen reader, to read and can also access the digital materials. Thanks to the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack’s technology, the content within the system is compliant with accessibility standards, all without Mrs. Perkins needing to do any work on her part.

OER 235

OER Chromebook Hapara Accessibility 235

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2016

They have all types of random hardware products, subscription sites, apps, digital content, and systems being used in an unaligned and disorganized manner. The impact of digital curriculum use. • OER versus paying for fully complete publisher products. The survey was created for them.”. Curriculum coverage.

Survey 40

Survey Learning OER BYOD 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

She recently stepped down as the Executive Director of the Peninsula Library System, the NorthNet Library System, the Pacific Library Partnership and the Califa Group and continues as a strategic advisor to those groups. He holds an M.Ed from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning. Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Teacher-differentiated learning is working to adapt a lesson so that certain learners can intake the same lesson as everyone else but at their own pace. Intelligent learning engines inside immersive courseware will give future teachers the ability to leverage the best in software development and systems.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

Doug Levin

JANUARY 15, 2016

making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER. .” making instructional resources widely available via open educational resources (OER), which may include supporting school districts in using OER.

Policies 258

Policies Technology Education OER 258

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. Launched in 2011, the SLDS-One Integrated Solution is more than a longitudinal data system.

Data 40

Data Report OER Policies 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Build, Play, Learn - Fun STEM Activities for School Year and Summer Camp Programs - Laura Briggs, STEM Camp Director, Technology Resource Teacher Get Your Students Outside with Technology! Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Among the things to be digitized, learning materials have emerged as the top consideration and the education sector is now discovering the best way to go about. The simplest form of digital learning material is eBooks or content published in ePub formats. Analytics and Assessment.

eBook 98

eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Second, expect more development of the effort to build a new virtual learning environment ecosystem to rethink the LMS, through a project called Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE). Lastly, I forecast continued incremental growth of open educational resources (OER) and open access in scholarly publication.

Trends 115

Trends LMS Social Media Education 115

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here.

Coursera 73

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 73

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above. Via Techcrunch : “ Tencent and education startup Age of Learning bring popular English-learning app ABCmouse to China.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

“Students who can’t afford uniforms in New Orleans all-charter-system are routinely barred from attending school. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). This is a good example of why we should be more critical when we hear about schools that boast everyone was admitted to college – at what cost?

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46