Bryan Alexander

MAY 13, 2016

For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. Another: individual faculty are often caught between publishers (so far, everyone here hates sales reps) and their tenure/hiring/promotion/review companies (strong sense of long-serving profs as obstacles).

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 13, 2016

For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. Another: individual faculty are often caught between publishers (so far, everyone here hates sales reps) and their tenure/hiring/promotion/review companies (strong sense of long-serving profs as obstacles).

OER 40

OER Elsevier Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. ” asks Fast Company. (I’m

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 28, 2012

Social media for example has achieved a remarkable success in eroding the power of previously elite media channels. One example is the encyclopaedia, long cherished as one of society's most important knowledge repositories. Wikipedia is popular because it can be accessed from anywhere using a web enabled mobile phone.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” The company has $8.3

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. Via The San Jose Mercury News : “In a direct challenge to California ’s landmark law guaranteeing public access to beaches, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla on Thursday filed an appeal with the U.S. “Open.” “Open.” Via the Hypothes.is

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. An in-depth look at for profit companies selling their education products and services in Africa. “Can U.S.

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