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Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Would there even be “learninganalytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning,” Edsurge reported in June.
” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.”
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The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learninganalytics.” turns the most low-income students into top earners.”
The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of LearningAnalytics.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.”
At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” Students would be required to pay.
. “In the Leeds offering, for example, each course certificate will cost £59 and there are five taught courses; the sixth assessment course, which leads to 10 credits, is priced at £250 – making a total cost of £545 – which will also cover access to online library content,” The Guardian reports. (It’ll
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