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[Guest Post] OER 101: Building the Future of Education Beyond Brick-and-Mortar

Education Elements

Instead, we need high-quality, current resources to keep students interested, informed, and engaged. That’s where OER come into play. As these resources race to the front, they help teachers push through barriers due to textbook contracts: high prices, irrelevant content, and ineffective material to meet students’ needs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.”