eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Central Valley is one of several Beaver County school districts finding ways to supplement or completely replace paper textbooks with online materials such as eBooks, downloadable apps and openly licensed educational resources.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 20, 2020

This is a good time to document the value of our digital resources –ebooks, audiobooks, streaming media, research databases–whether they are state, regional or local investments. How have you led in curating and integrating OER? Now, more than ever before, these digital abilities will be valued. Make the case.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

It wasn’t until three semesters into my degree, after spending $1,000 dollars merely renting my textbooks that I discovered my University’s ebook library. After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. Engage faculty members in the learning process of “what is OER?” According to.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

André is a #DigitalLeadLearner, using web media and iPads in the classroom, an OER maker and a founder of the German Twitter chat, #EDchatDE. At his school, André coordinated the iPad Project and many projects about 21st Century Literacy, eg. the KAS Junior Experts and the KAS Digital Experts.

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The Daring Librarian

MARCH 19, 2020

My school district is really lucky because we've partnered with MackinVia and our kiddos have the ability to download FREE eBooks. Don't have eBooks, a Kindle device, or other Digital Reader? 11 hours) FREE digital eBooks from MackinVia. You have been set up with free remote access to Pebble Go and Capstone Interactive eBooks.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

FREE eBook and Templates) – SULS0152. In this special episode, Kasey shares 30 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do and a FREE eBook download with templates! Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. but should be) – SULS0148.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. For one thing, not all OER are created equally good and not all commercial products are at all bad.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Open Educational Resources (OER): Lumen Learning’s David Wiley recently predicted that OER will eradicate textbooks in community colleges by 2024, forcing companies to redefine “affordable” with new products, such as MindTap ACE from Cengage. Others have entered the rental game with an “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” mentality.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2020

From print and digital to Inclusive Access, OER and more, Ambassador simplifies course materials adoption, management and delivery. Ambassador’s Course Materials Platform, RODA, integrates with leading SIS, LMS, financial systems, eBook readers, publishers and digital content platforms.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Larsen says this is a common criticism of OER textbooks, particularly among the conventional textbook industry, and he argues that errors in conventional textbooks are also reasonably high—and after all, he adds, the errors in conventional textbooks were the reason he started LibreText in the first place.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Over the past few years, the government has made several moves in other edtech spaces, mostly related to open educational resources (OERs) and evangelizing innovation from the top-down. And to provide more digital content beyond OERs, the government launched the Open eBooks app back in February 2016.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2018

Preview, Google eBooks or Free Google eBooks titles can be embedded. You may know that you’ve been able to embed books from Google Books on your website by clicking on little link icon above a book. This works for any books with any level of content available.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Helen Teague Write Our World - Multilingual eBooks by Kids for Kids - Julie Carey, Dr. Leigh Zeitz 7:00 pm KEYNOTE: Erin Towns, Global Educator, Edward Little High School 8:00 pm Going Beyond the Hour of Code - Bryan L. Miller Just Little ol' Me Sharing my Global Collaboration Experiences.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

.” There have been efforts to push for free and openly licensed educational materials instead of expensive, proprietary textbooks for some time now; and these might be gaining momentum , in part from a boost from the Obama Administration – its #GoOpen campaign, unveiled last year , and the Open eBooks program, launched in February.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

These new collections support new literacies and leverage the new bounty of open educational resources (OER) supported by the White House’s #GoOpen initiative, as well as streamed media, and software for creating and sharing powerful, effectively, ethically produced digital stories. We guide learners in inquiry.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

This change is the result of overpriced textbooks which drove students towards less expensive sources like eBooks, used textbooks, rental books etc. But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? a semester.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic! Libraries and Librarians ? Managing Stress ? Math Education ? Microschools ? Mindful Teaching and Learning ? Lifelong Learning ? Music Education

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER: The Cost Trap and Inclusive Access” by David Wiley. .

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.” million to greatly expand its efforts to provide broad access to widely read ebooks. ” Via the press release : “The Digital Public Library of America is thrilled to announce that the Alfred P.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

The School Library Journal reports that “ New York DOE Green Lights Amazon eBook Deal.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” ” It looks like Luvo (the startup formerly known as Flashnotes ) has shut its doors. Remember what I’ve said: watch the student loan space.).

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The simplest form of digital learning material is eBooks or content published in ePub formats. Related Read: Top 10 Advantages of eBooks over Printed Books. In this blog, we will go over the implications of using both ePubs or eBooks and digital courseware in a bid to find out the future of higher education learning materials.

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