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

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And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

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Louis, MO: Elsevier Science; ), 3–39 Robert Sternberg, “Critical Thinking, Its Nature, Measurement, and Improvement,” in Essays on the Intellect, ed.

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Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. “In May 2008, as the Great Recession was just beginning, U.S. ” More on the patent via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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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. Education in the Courts. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education. Says World’s Population Will Reach 9.8

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Kassner created Proctor U in 2008 with colleague Jarrod Morgan while serving as president of Andrew Jackson University (now known as New Charter University), and left the company in 2016.” Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” ” Edsurge predicts the future of ed-tech.