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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Live Tuesday August 16th with Gary Lopez on HippoCampus.org and Teaching with the Power of Open, Digital Resources

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Archipelago created hundreds of films, videodiscs, software programs, book series for many of the largest educational publishers in the United States, including Harper Collins, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saunders, and Prentice Hall. NETg was acquired by Thomson Corporation in 2001. The documentary film was cited by President George W.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed software on its TVs to collect viewing data on 11 million consumer TVs without consumers' knowledge or consent.” ” asks Clint Lalonde.