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'Better Every Semester': How Faculty Use Open Educational Resources to Improve Courses

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And it cost each student $100, a price they couldn’t avoid by purchasing a used copy, since the book was designed to be written in. “It But OER advocates think open access course materials hold another kind of promise for students, too. They can with OER materials. It was out of date. It was not good at all,” Hardy says. “I

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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

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And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Books built out of little Lego blocks, glued together so the digital photo student could have their perfect book and the music student could have their perfect book.”

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. In 2014, the Gates Foundation awarded the company a $4.5

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Join the edWeb Team at ISTE 2015

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Learn more here about their Marriott Lightning Sessions and raffle and follow @commonsenseedu & @graphite on Twitter. Visit CDW*G at Booth #2200 to explore solutions to better prepare for digital learning. dreambox learning. Readiness for Personalized, Digital Learning with Metiri Group.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. This panel asks how this technology might expand the walls of the classroom—or isolate students from the learning environment. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

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