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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

Edsurge

Today, OpenStax—part tech startup, part publishing house, part cognitive science research lab—has a library of three dozen titles. And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. colleges use at least one.

Industry 101
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Will AI Chatbots Boost Efforts to Make Scholarly Articles Free?

Edsurge

And in some cases that has caused new kinds of challenges, since those fees are often paid by college libraries, and not every scholar in every discipline has equal access to support. To pay 13 bucks a month for Amazon Prime, you get I think something like 15,000 movies and TV shows, you know, as a lending library, that's not a bad model.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Let’s take maps, for example.

Study 191
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4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you have an LMS you love, Google Classroom often won’t work well with it because it isn’t well-aligned with industry standards. media library –collect and share media resources. You add exactly what you need via plugins you search for in an extensive library. a database, wiki, or photo gallery .

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HOT QR Codes in the Classroom & Library

The Daring Librarian

On the back of my Sephora catalog, windows of shops, and in my library! QR Codes in the Classroom - and the Library! QR codes can also be used to conduct a treasure hunt of information in the school library. QR Codes are popping up everywhere! They''re already big in Japan - and now in New York & LA. I have shopping issues.

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Week of April 17, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS ( TL Cafe ) Mon 18 Apr 08:00PM New York / Tue 19 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Tue 19 Apr 12:00PM Sydney Gwyneth Jones. Join this webinar to discuss national board certification for library media specialists. Learn great ways to manage this very real dynamic.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - ISTE Unplugged + Hack Education - AERO - Gaming in Ed Call for Proposals - Students Driving Change

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. We are already receiving some great presentation proposals for Library 2.014 and the Global Education Conference.