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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. In addition to better collaboration and communication throughout the university, there are a number of edtech companies out there that synthesize the process for you. To be clear, I didn’t just stumble upon it either. According to.

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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. large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? MOOC dropouts are a real issue - at the Open University we''ve known for a long time that students really require a lot of support if they are to succeed. 2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. ” The company has raised $16.5 The digital clicker company has raised $49.4 Top Hat has raised $7.5

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” Really looking forward to this new testing company though! million total. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. It’s a rot at the very core of the company’s leadership team. ” That is the race for the Michigan Board of Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. The company said that it would keep the Vine website online, but you should probably download anything you’ve got there. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.”