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Edsurge
MARCH 3, 2020
OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future. “It It is moving up the adoption ladder,” says Susan Grajek, vice president of communities and research for Educause, of OER. “It In the U.S.,
Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 13, 2019
Leonhardt explains: In many cases, several different [modern] libraries conserve copies of the same printed text, whereby the handwritten notes found in each copy are literally identical or very nearly so (p. But – particularly when it comes to OER – we aren’t. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER.
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Edsurge
AUGUST 24, 2020
As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). CK-12 is at the forefront of OER by doing adaptive and personalized learning. She was shaken in 2012 when her co-founder, Pal, passed away from ALS.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Here’s another hint: they haven’t created a new open textbook since 2012. Although they would eventually change their model to focus on traditionally copyrighted textbooks, FWK’s over 100 openly licensed textbooks can still be found archived around the web in places like the Open Textbook Library and the Saylor Foundation’s website.
Edsurge
MAY 6, 2019
Since acquiring Deltak in 2012, the company is now a major player in the online program management (OPM) business, which helps higher-ed institutions run online educational programs. Combined, the two companies say they will have 44,000 textbook titles, many of which are expected to be added to the Unlimited library.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2019
As demand for low-cost, high-quality materials increased during the Great Recession, the nonprofit project shifted from curation to creation, publishing its first five free textbooks in 2012. Today, OpenStax—part tech startup, part publishing house, part cognitive science research lab—has a library of three dozen titles.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0
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