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As Campuses Move to Embrace OER, College Libraries Become Key Players

Edsurge

But who makes the pitch for free or low-cost alternatives to textbooks known as OER, or open educational resources? One project she led this year involved creating a series of videos promoting “Textbook Heroes,”professors who have replaced commercial textbooks in their courses with OER. Increasingly, the answer is the campus library.

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On building learning playlists

NeverEndingSearch

Some of my colleagues use Lynda.com to gather playlists from specific elements selected across the hundreds of offered courses. How To Create Learning Playlists In A Textbook World by Terry Heick in TeachThought. OER and you: The curation mandate. OER: Issues, Possibilities and the Promise of Curation (with Brenda Boyer).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 ” Via The New York Times : “Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens.”