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?Major Publishers Dismiss Lawsuit Against Follett Corporation

Edsurge

But up until last week, three of those publishers—Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning—were suing Follett over alleged counterfeit sales. I think this sends a message to others in the industry to what the expectation is now.

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

In contrast developing nations both produce and consume open education and scholarship, widely, due to economic needs, state and NGO support, and increasingly accessible technology. Both sections of the world are in increasing contact thanks to globalization and technological advances. Faculty panel from diverse Virginia institutions.

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

In contrast developing nations both produce and consume open education and scholarship, widely, due to economic needs, state and NGO support, and increasingly accessible technology. Both sections of the world are in increasing contact thanks to globalization and technological advances. Faculty panel from diverse Virginia institutions.

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

Edsurge

“Even if they love Pearson [textbooks], some faculty, when they saw some of the Cengage options, said, ‘This is pretty comparable, that’s fine,’” said Bernard Polnariev, assistant vice president for academic affairs at Union County College. “If If they felt that Cengage is not as strong and Pearson is better, they kept with the Pearson.”

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As an educational researcher deeply interested in the intersection of technology and education, I have been keenly observing how emerging technologies have been reshaping the landscape of learning. These technologies, I believe, are creating new learning habits and spaces, transforming how education is delivered and consumed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” The company has $8.3

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

technologizing” the government. 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. ” The testing firm in question: Pearson.