Edsurge
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 A license to Open Up Resources’ curriculum on Kiddom will range from $10 to $50 per student, depending on the district size, implementation needs, and other support services that the company provides. million in investment to date.
Edsurge
AUGUST 16, 2018
Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example. With OER, the report notes, “initial advances in the authoring platform or curation method of open resources is now overshadowed by campuswide OER initiatives and sophisticated publishing options that blend adaptive elements into an OER text.”
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Edsurge
AUGUST 5, 2017
In 2013, PC Magazine reported that people between the ages of 18 to 24 are 16 percent more likely than any other demographic to have a cracked screen. But companies might not be attuned enough to how the user experience shifts from one device to another. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.
Edsurge
AUGUST 19, 2016
After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. In 2013, Inside Higher Ed wrote an article about double-spending at universities. Babson’s recent report on OER adoption , awareness of OER is slowly but surely gaining traction at universities and colleges across the country.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
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?
Edsurge
JUNE 26, 2017
At the time, the company got a talking to from teachers in comments on its Facebook page for Amazon Education. The Amazon executive who spearheaded the creation of Inspire, Rohit Agarwal, left the company in March “to pursue other opportunities.” That official Facebook page for Amazon Education hasn’t been updated since June 30, 2016.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises? corporations, from Apple to Adobe.
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