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

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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). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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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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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. I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review.

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” Edtech Companies?” EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin has launched The K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. Adam Croom on “ Annotating EdTech Terms of Service.”

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” That’s former Pearson exec Larry Singer , who now runs Open Up Resources. Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” .” Edsurge on “An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry.” ” Please stop.

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Communications Experts Criticize Elsevier - Florida Pilot.” ” The latest from Baylor University’s failure to address sexual assault allegations show up in the “human resources” section below. Via Edsurge : “Three Rookie Mistakes That Edtech Entrepreneurs Make.”