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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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Elsevier Faces Tough Questions About Its Business Model During Library and Publishing Conference

Edsurge

And Elsevier, the for-profit scholarly communications giant that many librarians and researchers love to hate, will never go away. Higher-ed futurist Bryan Alexander emceed with a combination of humor and cage-rattling questions, such as “Is higher education a commodity?” (The There is no way to lock in curiosity,” he said. “We

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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Audiobooks offer the added convenience of being accessible even in situations where a print or digital ebook is not. Free and premium online courses Gone are the days when you need to go through a whole process in order to access paywalled knowledge. The Internet has made it super easy to self-educate.

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

Ask a Tech Teacher

This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. The pandemic has imposed massive economic challenges on all organizations, and higher education isn’t an exception. This 2-in-1 solution seems pretty nice, especially knowing that it has access to the ProQuest databases. .

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Announcing the Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Libraries can and should be the epicenter of exploring, building and promoting these emerging techs, assuring the better futures and opportunities they offer are accessible to everyone. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

Today I traveled to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to participate in the University of Mary Washington ‘s Open Education Resources Summit , organized by the excellent Steven Greenlaw. I’m also presenting, on the future of open education. Hippy bike on campus, or the Jim Groom legacy lives! That includes a set of scenarios.

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

Today I traveled to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to participate in the University of Mary Washington ‘s Open Education Resources Summit , organized by the excellent Steven Greenlaw. A student panel (and why aren’t these mandatory for every education event?) Hippy bike on campus, or the Jim Groom legacy lives!

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