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Can Online Programs and Digital Tools Help Students Spend Less Money? #DLNchat

Edsurge

DLNChat — Alex Kluge (@AlexVKluge) June 12, 2018. calimorrison) June 12, 2018. Faculty and administrators at #DLNchat repeatedly shared about successfully saving students money through the use of OER. DLNchat #digitallearning #studentsuccess — Alexis McHenry Morton (@McMortonry) June 12, 2018. Cali Morrison, Ed.D.

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Recent & Upcoming Conversations on Open & Networked Learning

ProfHacker

The #OpenLearning17 MOOC has just ended, but the resources and blogposts live on , and the Creative Commons Global Summit is just starting. Here is more of what I look forward to in 2017/2018. Critiques of OER and Open Education. Upcoming events you may find of interest include: 1. Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

… The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” Raise $146.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

SeanMcElwee) April 11, 2018. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” ” Not listed: other online degrees simply aren’t hyped the way MOOCs are. “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? of Washington.”