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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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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Types of OER you can develop for K-12. Slideshow presentations like this Utah social studies presentation.

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

Edsurge

That’s what the initiative found when it commissioned research about how Black Studies, Women’s Studies and Environmental Studies proliferated in higher education. But that’s not the approach Kagan and Thornburg are taking with their effort to spread the study of early childhood policy.

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Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency. Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference - Registrations and Call for Proposals Open

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency. The call for proposals is now open (see below).

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Call for Proposals Now Open - "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency. The call for proposals is now open (see below)!

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" - a Library 2.0 Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,