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Announcing Speakers Plus Bonus Downloads for "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight. Students can now have an entire library in their backpack, and this changes the dynamic for schools and students. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.” “technologizing” the government.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” The NMC Horizon Report 2017 – the Library Edition.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

DeVos, of course, was a stakeholder in the student loan startup SoFi. ” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” Via The Hill : “The ethics case against Betsy DeVos.”