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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

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It wasn’t until three semesters into my degree, after spending $1,000 dollars merely renting my textbooks that I discovered my University’s ebook library. After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. To be clear, I didn’t just stumble upon it either. There is clearly a disconnect here.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. .” ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. ” More on HR changes in the sports section above.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. ” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.”