Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While textbook publishing companies now offer digital versions, you can also find open textbook options online. While some subjects cover higher education, you can browse the high school section to find math and science textbooks for secondary education. OER Commons. Where can you find these free digital textbooks? LibreTexts.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

The biggest education company in the world is moving away from a production model that has been one of the main drivers in the rising cost of textbooks. Today, college students on average spend more than $1,200 on books and materials, according to The College Board. But the company is not cutting the cord with print. “We

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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).

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 12, 2015

They’ve also brought this war into the physical realm with lawsuits to deprive students of their first sale rights in printed books). The major publishers are publicly traded companies with growth and earnings expectations they have to meet. See Efficacy, the Golden Ratio, and the OER Impact Factor.). Invisible ink.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics. ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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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