Advocacy MOOC OER Pearson 
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. And the idea of pivoting away from that at the exact moment Pearson, Cengage, and McGraw-Hill are adopting that approach seems a bit too convenient.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Here’s a VP from Pearson: Tim Peyton, vice president of strategic partnerships at Pearson, said it was no secret that publishers like Pearson had made textbooks too expensive and had seen sales drop as a result. And obviously, both inclusive access and OER are about solving the cost problem. Can you see it?
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education.
Hack Education
APRIL 13, 2018
“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Credly has acquired Pearson ’s badge platform, Acclaim. ” asks Edsurge.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.
Hack Education
JUNE 10, 2016
” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Remember Richard McKenzie? public schools.”
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