2017 Books OER Secondary 
Kitaboo on EdTech
JUNE 13, 2019
By leveraging the digital medium, textbook publishers decided to fight the monopoly and try to provide reasonably priced books. But these are secondary causes. The State appropriations per full-time student have fallen from an inflation-adjusted $8,489 in 2007 to $7,642 in 2017. Why are Textbook Prices Rising?
Edsurge
JULY 15, 2019
Today, college students on average spend more than $1,200 on books and materials, according to The College Board. And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. The company reported that 55 percent of its $1.3
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eSchool News
JUNE 17, 2016
For students at Central Valley middle and high schools, accessing classroom lessons rarely involves opening a book. The bill will phase in clearinghouse courses over two phases, with the first phase beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Teachers and students at one district are replacing print with digital. image via AP ].
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 25, 2019
I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” Ismael tweeted: My own take: these are two complementary approaches to #OER that should enrich each other, not exclude (or even blame) each other. As someone concerned with equality, I like #OER as a way to make teaching cheaper.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).
Edsurge
MAY 23, 2019
College leaders stress that professors retain as much academic freedom as ever to choose which books to assign. But department leaders are encouraging professors to take a close look at the Cengage books to get the deal. Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks. It was a horrible experience.”
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