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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

Your school or district can also use digital textbooks that are part of open educational resource (OER) repositories. There are several high-quality OER sites that feature digital textbooks for K-12. Learners access them on devices like Chromebooks, tablets or phones. You can save money to use in other high-need learning areas.

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. Most importantly, OER need to be compatible with both the campus LMS and as independent resources that can be shared through a mobile message.

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How to Boost Classroom Engagement With the Tech Tool That 'Always Works'

Edsurge

One of the great things with Vivi is that it works with laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets. Do you ever imagine how your practice might have been different had you had this tool? As a teacher, I easily could have wandered around the classroom with my iPad, done my instruction, provided examples, and quickly shared information.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. If educational institutes start adopting OERs in classrooms, students will be able to save a lot of money that would otherwise be spent on purchasing textbooks and rental subscriptions.

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Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Similarly, the trend toward OER and greater competition among vendors is also expected to negatively impact the LMS market. Educators Weigh iPad’s Dominance of the Tablet Market. One headwind specific to the U.S. Since the U.S.

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Digital natives still clamor for print materials

eSchool News

Early afternoon at the California State University, Sacramento, student union, and noses are buried in screens big and small – laptops, tablets and smartphones, all glowing and demanding attention. Not a book, as in the actual physical object, to be found among the studying horde. Next page: Researchers look at millenials and print materials.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs).

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