We’ve released a new short course of six animated explainers that introduce educators to basic concepts related to learning analytics and adaptive learning.
Curricular-Materials
This category includes digital curricular materials, including adaptive learning, assessments, OER, etc., as well as the vendors who sell them.
Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day
Disastrous senate bill in Hawai’i that would have mandated usage of OER for all UH courses is changed in committee hearings
Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses
Hawai’i senate committee recommends bill mandating OER material for all courses at the University of Hawai’i system over significant faculty protests
Top Hat Marketplace: What is it and should we care?
Despite initial questions about Top Hat Marketplace, the deeper I look the more convinced I am that this is something to watch
Cengage Unlimited Draws the Battle Lines in the Curricular Materials War
Which will win: “Good enough” or “better enough”?
Good Enough vs. Better Enough: The Macmillan Example
Macmillan’s new white paper on their approach to efficacy is an illuminating counterpoint to Cengage’s Unlimited strategy in the battle that’s unfolding in the curricular materials industry.
Before We Turn Over Curriculum To Apple And Amazon . . .
Clarifications on my recent media comments about Apple and their initiative to push Swift programming and how colleges and universities need to tread carefully