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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

Edsurge

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. case studies and articles I had purchased over the years).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.” ” “Study of the Week” from FdB : “Of Course Virtual K–12 Schools Don’t Work.”

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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.”