EdBizWatch

Ed Tech: Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs

Because there will be a test. In education, there always is.

Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs in Ed Tech, Frank Catalano, GeekWire

Who's Investing in Ed-Tech? (2015)

The activity of investors doesn't necessarily reflect their influence in dictating the direction of education or ed-tech.

Who's Investing in Ed-Tech? (2015), Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Open Education Resources: Bursting the $8 Billion Bubble

What K-12 OER Collborative, a new non-profit led by 11 states, plans to do.

OER: Bursting the $8 Billion Bubble, Lindsey Tepe, EdCentral

OER and the Future of Knewton

When talking about OER it's important to distinguish between license & sustainability model.

OER and the Future of Knewton, Michael Feldstein, e-Literate

The Unruly Playground: Free OER and Paid Digital Materials

The industry is ready to play nicely with OER. But it doesn’t appear to know how.

The Unruly Playground: Free OER & Paid Digital Materials, Frank Catalano, edSurge

OpenEd Raises $2 million from PivotNorth Capital

Who says there's no business in making free resources readily available and useful?

$2M to OpenEd for Smart Recomends for Free Ed Resources, Tony Wan, edSurge

Who Owns Teacher-Created Lesson Materials?

Ownership of teacher-created materials is murky, "a potential hindrance on innovation."

Rpt Calls for Clarity on Ownership of Teacher's Digital Content Benjamin Herold, Ed Week

Why Aren’t More Schools Using Free, Open Tools?

Schools have many reasons for wanting to systematize the technology in schools:

Why Aren’t More Schools Using Free, Open Tools? Katrina Schwartz, Mind/Shift

Q&A With Jim Shelton of the Department Of Education

We cover a lot of ground: edtech in general, standardized testing, privacy, & more.

Q&A With Jim Shelton of the Department Of Education, Jordan Shapiro, Forbes

Lessons from the Boundless Copyright Infringement Suit

Not much of a lesson for the OER community, but more one for the VC community.

Lessons from the Boundless Copyright Infringement Suit, Michael Feldstein, e-Literate

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open"

“Data” and “open” represent opposite directions in ed-tech: the former towards a consolidation of power; the latter towards its distribution.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open," Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Boundless Settles Copyright Dispute with Publishers

Co evolved to include study tools & a “proprietary process for publishing our textbooks.” 

Boundless Settles Copyright Dispute with Publishers, Christina Farr, VentureBeat

14 Developments to Watch for in 2014

Assessments, OER, BYOD, online, playlists, platforms, growth measures...

14 Developments to Watch for in 2014, Tom Vander Ark, Education Week

30 Open Resources for Education and Anytime Learning.

30 open resources for K-12, postsecondary, and anytime learning.

Smart List: 30 Ways to Learn Almost Anything, Getting Smart

Free Online Content Forces Publishers to Adjust

Costs of producing OER get transferred from publishers to foundations, universities...

Free Online Content Forces Publishers to Adjust, Sean Cavanagh, Education Week