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Welcome to the Education Renaissance

Welcome to the Education Renaissance

Today's disruptive changes in education -- from the proliferation of digital devices to the availability of open educational resources, online universities, and badge-based certification -- have the field abuzz like never before. Recently I had the opportunity to give...

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How Do You Measure Learning

How Do You Measure Learning

It’s not a new question, but it’s certainly a divisive one — how to best measure student learning. It’s not a new question, but it’s certainly a divisive one — how to best measure student learning. As the Department of Education...

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ISKME’s Teachers as Makers Academy

ISKME’s Teachers as Makers Academy

ISKME’s Teachers as Makers Academy stimulates teachers’ creation of Open Educational Resources (OER), freely available online learning materials, in a collaborative format that covers the basics of finding and evaluating OER; and leads teachers through the design and...

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International Initiatives Fuel Growth of Open Ed. Content

Open education resources are claiming a place in schools in a diverse array of countries.   South Africa's Education Department is printing math and science textbooks produced from such resources for use in grades 10 through 12. In the Netherlands, the Ministry...

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