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

Hapara

While textbook publishing companies now offer digital versions, you can also find open textbook options online. Experts developed OpenStax’s digital textbooks, so you can feel confident that the information is accurate. OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER).

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Edsurge

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. So he struck up a partnership with Cengage Learning, a Boston-based education technology and information company. For boosting student retention and success and reducing costs by embracing online OER textbooks Northern Arizona University.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. There are no cap limits, no throttle rates, and no chastising schools when they need extra bandwidth. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

” Casey’s response: we have more information and expanded access to educational materials, but no increase in faculty productivity and no decrease in costs. Community colleges are much more interested in OER than other sectors. Possiblye the FCC will extend E-rate funding to poorer areas.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. Tagged on: April 19, 2017 Are Higher Education Information Systems Inherently Insecure?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. Tagged on: April 19, 2017 Are Higher Education Information Systems Inherently Insecure?

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Unlocking the Gate to Better Learning

EdNews Daily

But we may not have regularly observed a certain type of student mind, the one that can step well beyond the guardrails of commonality and throw off anything but the foundational information, basic conceptual language and math to soar into unexpected greatness. Where favorable, that product rises in purchase and use.

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