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OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Next Year, It Will Become an Essential Teaching Tool

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This year, the list of colleges with “open learning initiatives” of various kinds has boomed, and much of that has been part of an essential drive to modernize their classrooms and push the cost of education down. That happened in 2017. For example, both the City and State University of New York systems are investing millions in OER.

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Digital Learning’s Pioneers Are Cautiously Optimistic

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We know that personalized and adaptive approaches can be effective,” says Norman Bier, director of Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI), which develops adaptive courses that use open educational resources and provide student feedback. But there was no change in their odds of successfully completing a course.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

Scholarly Teacher

Depending on the size of the class and how often you meet, you could assign students one or two cogen sessions for 30 to 60 minutes. Toward learning-centered education in colleges and universities. Essential learning outcomes and pedagogy (New Directions for Teaching & Learning, No. Meyers, & D. Spector, D.