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Two Leading High-Tech Entrepreneurs and Champions of Open Educational Resources to Join ISKME’s Board
Alex Fielding, CEO of Ripcord, and Jason Goecke, VP and GM at Cisco, will help nonprofit expand and deepen use of OER in schools and collegesHALF MOON BAY, CA – Jan 13, 2017 – The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), a nonprofit...
A Year of Accomplishment
Dear Friends, We wanted to take a moment during this holiday season to thank you for your support of the work we do at ISKME. With your help we have been able to make continuous improvements to OER Commons, ISKME's digital public library of open educational resources...
Adventures With OER And Google Groups
I recently learned about Open Educational Resources (OER) during a webinar session I attended in October. Since then, I have been exploring these resources and trying to find ways to introduce them to our teaching staff.
Teens, Too: A Voice for Young People at Big Idea Fest 2016
One part of growing up poor in an urban environment, from my experience in New York City, is that you get stuck in a bubble, a sphere that is reinforced by socio-economic forces. For me that meant tenement houses in the Lower East Side, and later, the projects across...
My First Big Ideas Fest
I reflect how the Big Ideas Fest was an amazing experience for me. In fact, it has rejuvenated my commitment in education.