eSchool News
AUGUST 24, 2017
It is the first curriculum made openly available by Open Up Resources, which was founded to develop new high-quality alternatives to curricula offered by traditional publishers, and to increase equity in education by distributing these materials freely, as OER.
Edsurge
JANUARY 18, 2018
Purdue and Kaplan University stunned the higher education world. Mike Berlin: At the beginning of every year, experts proclaim that this is going to be the year of OER, and each year market forces and a lack of solutions with product-market fit have resulted in that prediction not coming true. So what will 2018 bring?
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Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2017
Attendees will also hear from other speakers including Heather Hiles (Deputy Dir Solutions for Postsecondary at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Bror Saxberg (CLO at Kaplan), and more. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value?
Edsurge
APRIL 18, 2018
It’s led by a tandem of familiar faces in the edtech investing scene: Learn Capital partner-and-everyman Michael Staton, and Don Burton, who has built his own portfolio of dozens of startups through his time running the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator and EDGE Edtech Accelerator. A desire to collaborate—and egos to compete.
Hack Education
JUNE 23, 2017
Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. For-profit Hickey College will close.
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .”
Hack Education
AUGUST 31, 2018
His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. And before you sic your PR team on me, yes, I realize that Purdue Global is not a for-profit, even though it’s mostly a rebranded Kaplan. Some of Khosla’s education investments are listed here. Because “open.”). ” The Business of Financial Aid.
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