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On ZTC, OER, and a More Expansive View

Iterating Toward Openness

As the movement grew and more people began advocating for the adoption of OER in place of traditionally copyrighted materials in classes, some advocates chose to make cost the primary focus of their advocacy. This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority. Other schools have OER policies and OER degree programs.

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10 of the best K-12 sources for digital textbooks online

Hapara

While some subjects cover higher education, you can browse the high school section to find math and science textbooks for secondary education. OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). You can also browse specific subjects to find textbooks appropriate for your learners. .

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

For example, community college adoption of OER depends on the behavior of institutions that most of their students transfer to. described two undergraduates’ experiences with OER. Baby boomer faculty shared stories of the staggeringly cheap prices for their books, to the groans of younger folk.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

By leveraging the digital medium, textbook publishers decided to fight the monopoly and try to provide reasonably priced books. But these are secondary causes. Now post-secondary tuition fee provides more revenue than public appropriations. Related: Are etextbooks More Affordable Than Textbooks. Why are Textbook Prices Rising?

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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

Edsurge

Today, college students on average spend more than $1,200 on books and materials, according to The College Board. And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials.

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Musings on the Economics of Commercial and Open Educational Resources

Iterating Toward Openness

I have a chapter about open educational resources that will be appearing in a book on trends and issues in instructional design and technology later this year. The chapter will be openly licensed and I’ll publish it here in full after it appears in the book. Publishers only control the price the initial sale of a printed book.

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

eSchool News

For students at Central Valley middle and high schools, accessing classroom lessons rarely involves opening a book. Teachers and students at one district are replacing print with digital. By and large, it’s working. In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure.

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