@HalPlotkin

Senior Scholar, ISKME, Senior Open Policy Fellow, Creative Commons USA (2014-2017), Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Dept of Ed (2009-2014).

 Palo Alto, California
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Joined September 2010
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THREAD: CROWD SIZE: Okay look. For years now, Donald and the GOP have been lying about crowd size. They’ve been lying about how many people call them and tell them they love them. They’ve been lying about the size of their fan base. There’s a reason for this. 1/
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For millions of students, transportation is a significant barrier. With the infrastructure legislation, communities and states can improve public transit.Thanks to the Haring-Smith Foundation for leading the way forward on transit solutions for college. chronicle.com/article/one-fl…

How a Rural College Makes Sure Students Get to Class, One Car at a Time

When public transit is limited, students can be “one flat tire away from dropping out.” An unusual program is chipping away at the problem.

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Awesome #OER Alert! Congratulations on your new Hub @MOREbyMOREnet! #GoOpen
MOREnet@MOREbyMOREnet6 Oct 2022
Missouri OER hub is here! Open Education Resources- curated by your peers, aligned to standards! Read more on our blog. more.net/news/missouri-oer-h… or learn more in-person at #MOREnet22
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From saving students over $1m in textbook costs in one semester to improving the quality of instructional materials, @ChooseCRC's #ZTC program is creating a more accessible & equitable future with over 40% of faculty participating! #OER @CalCommColleges thecrcconnection.com/feature…
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Today, @WHOSTP released the #AIBillofRights, five core protections and call to action to protect the American public’s rights in an automated world: whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upd…
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🔨 Calling all public servants! On Oct 12, join a discussion for YOU about San Francisco's Digital Services Team journey with @cydharrell, @carriebish & @Mthias. A collaborative event of @USDResponse & @BeeckCenter. See ya there!👋 georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/r…
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"The most used repositories and platforms are: OER Commons (37.5%), COL Commons (36.2%), OpenLearn (29.8%), the Directory of Open Access Journals (27.8%) and MIT OpenCourseWare (25.9%)." Looking forward to digging deep into this survey into #OER in 38 #Commonwealth countries!
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@COL4D3 Oct 2022
This new @COL4D report is the outcome of a survey of 38 #Commonwealth countries conducted in late 2021. hdl.handle.net/11599/4009
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Zero textbook cost degrees and open textbooks are a game changer for ALL college students, especially those struggling financially. @CalCommColleges have an incredibly opportunity before them.
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The Time on Task feature is now live on ADAPT. Soon to be integrated into the Learning Analytics dashboard (along with #OER textbook student activity). More about that later.
LibreTexts ADAPT@LibreTextsADAPT27 Sep 2022
In the grade book you'll now see a Time Spent toggle in the gradebook. Toggling this switch will show you how much time a student has spent on an assignment (a similar view was recently introduced at the assignment level).
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A survey found that 43% of college students faced food insecurity, 48% faced housing insecurity and 16% faced homelessness. If you want to change this, consider applying to be our #StudentBasicNeeds Program Manager recruiting.paylocity.com/Rec…
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Bryce McKibben@bmckib16 Sep 2022
Thank you @UnderSecKvaal for calling on colleges, states, and the federal government to work together with urgency to expand access and connect students to public benefits during your #HopeVPS keynote.
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JameGG@JGlapaGrossklag15 Sep 2022
An urgent question from @halplotkin: "how will free societies in the digital era preserve and extend the opportunities for upward economic mobility that characterized and strengthened free societies in the predigital age?" #HigherEd
Hal Plotkin@HalPlotkin14 Sep 2022
I just published Skills, Economic Mobility and the Global Fight Against Fascism to preview a talk I will give at Sorbonne University in Paris next month. #Democracy #Freedom #Jobs #Education #TheFightAgainstFascism link.medium.com/DM2oIB4ektb

Skills, Economic Mobility and the Global Fight Against Fascism

A new two-year project funded by the European Union’s ERASMUS+ agency, D-Reskill@University, is an important front in the global battle…

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If the voice inside your head screams when you see injustice and you want to put your finely honed talents to work to drive advancements to creating a more just world- join us in fighting the good fight today: recruiting.paylocity.com/Rec… #hiring #nonprofitjobs
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The Pell Grant used to cover 80% of college costs at a public four-year institution, but today, it covers less than a third.
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Alex Kozak@alexkozak2 Sep 2022
I agree, though increasingly "tech policy" is too expansive to be useful as a category. There are technological affordances or developments relevant to almost every area of public policy.
Ryan Calo@rcalo30 Aug 2022
Agricultural policy is tech policy. Some examples: - automated tractors that farmers can't repair - seeds protected by IP - techniques of precision agriculture that require monocropping - farms and farmers as sources of data - cyber-physical infrastructure vulnerable to attack
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Arne Duncan@arneduncan27 Aug 2022
It doesn’t get worse than this… The question isn’t what intelligence Trump was planning to sell- it is what has he already sold, and how many Americans have been killed because of that?
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So, like, what do we do after some loans are cancelled? A whole bunch of schools still leave the vast majority of students owing more than the amount they initially borrowed, even five years after leaving the institution. How do we ensure this doesn't happen in the future?
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We are now accepting applications for the 2022 #StudentBasicNeeds #SparkGrants funding cycle. If your work impacts California college students and aligns with our focus areas aimed at helping students meet their basic needs, we want to hear from you. hubs.li/Q01kHZFG0
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What is Chokepoint Capitalism? doctorow.medium.com/what-is-…

What is Chokepoint Capitalism?

Why copyright alone can’t unrig creative labor markets.

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How can we create a world of truthful, verifiable information, available to all? A good start is to read "The New Enlightenment" by @mitopenlearning's Peter Kaufman. @pbkauf bit.ly/PKKnowledge
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