2017 2019 Libraries OER 
Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 31, 2022
This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”
Edsurge
JULY 25, 2019
Use of free course materials among college students is up, with 22 percent downloading at least one such resource during the spring 2019 semester, according to research published Wednesday by the National Association of College Stores. The percent of students who reported downloading free materials has increased each semester since.
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Edsurge
MAY 6, 2019
And around 2017, publishers including Pearson that once used Knewton began to pull back. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division. Combined, the two companies say they will have 44,000 textbook titles, many of which are expected to be added to the Unlimited library. 1, 2018 to Jan.
NeverEndingSearch
MARCH 17, 2019
Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). enhancing every-day learning experiences–media-rich annotations of historic places, libraries (shelves, books?), Things to consider: provide a safe environment for your “play area” in the library. Incorporating Virtual and Augmented Reality in Libraries.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 25, 2019
I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
The conference is being held Monday, November 18 - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 (November 21 in some time zones). In May of 2019, Courtney transitioned from the classroom into education leadership and is now the Program Manager of Culturally Relevant Instruction for the Saint Paul Public Schools district. LOTS of information below!
Hack Education
JUNE 23, 2017
A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.” ” (Yes, I’m tracking on this sort of thing as part of my 2017 “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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