Dear Colleagues,

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (see https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Professor-Interviewed/246056).

Carnegie Mellon University announced last week that it will begin making some of its many ed-tech tools, software, and content openly available over the coming year. The result of about $100 million in research and development, the tools are designed for use by instructors in both higher education and K-12 institutions. They include a collection of adaptive learning courses available through Open Learning Initiative. The difference now is that Carnegie Mellon will also provide the underlying code for these tools, meaning that instructors will have a better sense of how they work compared with the products offered by some commercial vendors. The release is being led by the Simon Initiative, a Carnegie Mellon project dedicated to improving learning outcomes through research and technology, and the Empirical Educator Project, a collaboration among colleges and ed-tech vendors.

Here is the actual link to Carnegie-Mellon’s announcement:

https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/march/global-revolution-educational-effectiveness.html

Questions or comments?

Jim O’Connor Ph.D.
Director