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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Free and premium online courses Gone are the days when you need to go through a whole process in order to access paywalled knowledge. There are now numerous platforms that offer quality online courses covering any topic or content area. However, several of the academic platforms do offer open access resources and research papers.

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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OPENING KEYNOTE PANELISTS: Christina Mune Associate Dean of Innovation and Resource Management, University Library at San Jose State University @bibliopathic Christina Mune is the Associate Dean of Innovation and Resources Management at San Jose State University's King Library. Petersburg College Library Chatbots 101: Demystifying A.I.

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Strictly for adults?

Learning with 'e's

Of course not. 2005) The Adult Learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development (6th ed.), Burlington, MA: Elsevier Previous posts in this series: 1. And how can you measure relevance? Is learning for adults only relevant if it relates directly to their employment. Reference Knowles, M.

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Inspire to learn

Learning with 'e's

And it's true - knowledge is not finite like money or resources. The big four publishers - Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis and Springer - are making huge profits worldwide from the goodwill of academics. I'm passionate about sharing knowledge. My maxim is: 'Knowledge is like love. Yes, education costs money. I'm not the only one.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

Edsurge

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Department of Education is looking for nonprofit organizations to help support its #GoOpen campaign to nurture state and district take-up of ‘open’ educational resources ,” says EdWeek’s Market Brief. ” WV is West Virginia , of course. Of course, Harvard doesn’t keep quiet about anything, does it.).