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Community college shares OER degree pathway

December 3, 2015November 26, 2015 by Laura Ascione

For colleges everywhere, offering a zero textbook cost degree program became easier as Northern Virginia Community College’s Extended Learning Institute (ELI) and open courseware provider Lumen Learning announced…

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UW campus receives grant for open textbooks

November 4, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Instructional Resources Service at University of Wisconsin-Stout has received a $14,200 grant from the UW System to begin offering open textbooks to students. IRS is collaborating with David…

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U. Minnesota promotes open textbooks

October 30, 2015 by By Maura Lerner, Star Tribune

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Open texts predicted to save students $25 million

August 26, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax College has unveiled three new textbooks and said its growing catalog of free textbooks will save students an estimated $25 million in the 2015-16…

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3 ways one university created a new higher-ed model

May 29, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

ince their launch in fall of 2014, Open College at Kaplan University (OC@KU) has had approximately 4,000 unique learners access their course website, and enrolled in 4,800 courses.…

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Will this massive collaboration between universities spur open ed?

March 10, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

California colleges and universities are spurring the open and accessible movement, specifically in relation to STEM education, thanks to a new partnership signaling a cultural shift in higher-ed…

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edX and Microsoft Office Mix join to enhance online learning

January 6, 2015 by by Ron Bethke, eCampusNews Assistant Editor, @eCN_RonB

Although most online higher education courses today are presented as mere PowerPoint lectures, Microsoft has joined forces with edX in the hopes that their Office Mix service can…

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The 5 Rs of designing an OER course

November 19, 2014 by ESchool Media Contributors

Open courseware experts announced plans to publish the 5R Open Course Design Framework, a set of guidelines and best practices for developing courses using open educational resources (OER).

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Interested in digital badges? 9 critical issues to consider

September 17, 2014 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

The promise of digital badges for alternative credentials and skills pathways has not been lost on higher education; yet, there are many concerns—from business, faculty, and students—on the…

Community college shares OER degree pathway

UW campus receives grant for open textbooks

U. Minnesota promotes open textbooks

Open texts predicted to save students $25 million

3 ways one university created a new higher-ed model

Will this massive collaboration between universities spur open ed?

edX and Microsoft Office Mix join to enhance online learning

Interested in digital badges? 9 critical issues to consider

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