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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. described two undergraduates’ experiences with OER. Which were very positive, including love for low cost, easy access, simulation games (for one class). Profits have collapsed.

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. The Departments of Education and Labor announce large, long-term grants to support the creation of OER. This major government push is for both OER and open scholarship. Profits have collapsed.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

Edsurge

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. Inclusive access has already gotten up to acronym status,” he said.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” ( No disclosure about shared investors.). Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.” ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The program will focus on nonprofits that help refugees, which will be able to apply for fee waivers to access the Coursera course catalog.” More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. Coding Bootcamps (The Once and Future “For-Profit Higher Ed”).