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OER reaches ‘inflection point,’ and states are leading the charge
After years of dabbling with open educational resources (OER), educators have finally begun to embrace the concept as a legitimate alternative to traditional publishing and licensed curriculum materials — and they’re doing it in droves.More than half of U.S. states —...
The Truth (About OER) Is Out There
Faculty members struggle to find open educational resources or even understand what they are -- but solutions are bubbling up.Awareness of open educational resources is slowly increasing, per a new report last month from the Babson Survey Research...
ISKME’s Local & Global Impact in 2017
This year ISKME celebrates fifteen years of local and global impact. From working with local students and educators, to partnerships with international consortia, we strive each day to connect, learn, and bring value to our world while strengthening access,...
What’s Up With OER Adoption
The time has come for K–12 educators to embrace the digital age and, along with it, OERs. As Erik P.M. Vermeulen states in his Aug. 13, 2017, Hacker Noon post “Education in a Digital Age,” we need “a whole new approach to education … [because] we are experiencing a...
Così si adatta l’insegnamento alle esigenze degli studenti
Non solo tablet e lim (la lavagna interattiva multimediale): la scuola “digitale”, ormai, è fatta anche e soprattutto di metodo e filosofia. È quanto sostiene Lisa Petrides, docente di Organizzazione e Leadership della Columbia University e fondatrice, nel 2002,...