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With Adaptive Tech, Students Are Saving Money and Learning More

Edsurge

We hoped this tool would help us meet one of our learning goals to enhance the learning environment by increased use of innovative teaching techniques, interactive technologies, and assessment data. Kathy Watkins: Within the science division, approximately 15 CPCC courses are experimenting adaptive tools. What about challenges?

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Can US Higher Education Publishers Leverage a Subscription Model

Kitaboo on EdTech

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Students would be required to pay. Students, no surprise, weren’t thrilled by the idea.). Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” They haven’t.).

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