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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”

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Advocacy Group to DOJ: Cengage-McGraw Hill Merger Could Create a ‘Platform Monopoly’ in Education

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An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. Officials from Cengage and McGraw-Hill said in their statement Wednesday that they will work closely with the Department of Justice and expect the merger to be complete by 2020.

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SETDA Names Dr. Karen Richardson the Recipient of the 2021 Candice Dodson Influencer Award

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Dodson was the Executive Director of SETDA from May, 2019 until her sudden passing on July 22, 2020. Her work with her state conference has empowered educators, her guidance has developed a state Open Educational Resources (OER) project, and her love of learning inspires those who flock to attend her presentations.

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University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy

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Most recently, early childhood education won big during the 2020 election , with voters in Colorado and Portland, Ore., As for what the program prepares students to do after graduation, Kauerz foresees multiple professional possibilities, including jobs at government agencies, philanthropic organizations, think tanks or advocacy groups.

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AI, Instructional Design, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well. Current funding for the creation of OER (when it’s available at all) typically focuses on the courses enrolling the largest number of students.

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The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit - 110 sessions + 80 replays #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic! Libraries and Librarians ? Managing Stress ? Math Education ? Microschools ? Mindful Teaching and Learning ? Lifelong Learning ? Music Education

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Kristin Hundt, Teacher.