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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

Edsurge

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. What I find truly innovative about these platforms is their ability to bring together all of your library’s content, in addition to the OERs, to not only save money, but help faculty become more creative with their course design.

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10Q: Martin Weller - the battle for open

Learning with 'e's

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. 2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011. As to whether it''s a good thing or not, I''ve just written a whole book exploring some of this in The Battle for Open , so it''s difficult to say in a short answer.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” I’ve got Joshua Hunt’s new book The University of Nike sitting here on my desk. Here he is in The New York Times : “Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: College Athletics and Its Corporate Sponsors.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” More toddler surveillance, from Google: “ Google and Disney launch interactive Little Golden Books that work with Google Home,” says Techcrunch. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “The Case for Learning Platform Grade Book ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. .” ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. But only if you let it. Don’t.