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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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Online I can forge personal connections with students more readily, by email and chat board discussions,” he says. “I Without opening learning platforms up to the research community, it’s hard to understand if and how they’re improving learning outcomes. I get more insight into students.”.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

Scholarly Teacher

These dialogues, often referred to as cogen, are a structured discourse in which students and teachers discuss students learning and the environment around the course materials in an effort to identity and implement changes to the teaching and learning process (Boss & Linder, 2016).