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Higher Ed’s Biggest Pressure Cookers in 2019

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And what do they foresee for 2019? What are the three topics or trends that will dominate higher education in 2019? In 2019 we will see significant investment and hopefully innovation in this sector. How did that play out and what should we expect for 2019? So how did their predictions fare? Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8

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Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World

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So says the new Educause Horizon report , which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education. OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future. That’s where incubators come in.

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Educators Like Their Curricula More When the Training Is Good, Survey Finds

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It considered all adoption types, from traditional publishers, to local curriculum creation, to open educational resources (OER). Note: This survey was conducted in fall 2019, before COVID-19 transformed K-12 education and forced nearly every school in the U.S. Below are three takeaways from the report. Clear and obvious patterns are.

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To Save Its Campus Bookstore, This University Took It Online

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The service can distribute open educational resources, or OER, textbooks that are available to professors and students for free. If I have a choice between three sections of a course, and one has OER and one has a $200 or $300 textbook, I want to know that because that’s a factor in my choice.” Kaji says. “It

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More College Students Are Downloading Course Materials for Free—Or Skipping Them Entirely

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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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The 2018 ‘Horizon Report’ Is Late. But It Almost Never Emerged.

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The story behind the latest Horizon Report —which ranks tech trends in higher education—is easily more dramatic than the document’s actual conclusions. Barajas-Murphy says that Educause is already starting the planning for the 2019 Horizon Report for higher education, which is scheduled for release in February, at the group’s ELI conference.

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SETDA Names Dr. Karen Richardson the Recipient of the 2021 Candice Dodson Influencer Award

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The recipient of the Candice Dodson Influencer Award was selected through a competitive application process and was presented to Dr. Richardson during the 2021 SETDA Emerging Trends Forum on June 15, 2021. Dodson was the Executive Director of SETDA from May, 2019 until her sudden passing on July 22, 2020.