Does your group use Saylor Academy materials? Tell us more!

While our primary audience is individual learners, we know that a lot of schools, homeschools, programs, businesses, and other groups use Saylor Academy to support their constituencies. If you use Saylor Academy as part of a larger group, we would love to know more: please fill out this short survey (5-10 minutes) or pass the […]

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Show off your Saylor Academy certificates on LinkedIn

Let your networks see what you have worked hard to achieve You may know LinkedIn as a professional social network and a place to share your resume, but it is also a place to display your Saylor Academy certificates with links back to content and verification details to allow anyone to connect you to your […]

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Join us for our April Office Hours

Mark your calendars for our April Office Hours via Google Hangout on Air at 2:00PM EDT on April 9th, 2015. We will share updates about our new Moodle-based course platform and respond to your questions. To RSVP (optional) or leave a question, see the event page on Google+. You can also ask questions in the […]

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Saylor Academy hosted textbooks now in HTML and editable by anybody

Not by our own intention, our Bookshelf page is one of the most popular single pages on our site. Nor are we surprised — we host over 100 full-length textbooks, many of which cover 100- and 200-level undergraduate courses in popular disciplines like business, psychology, and communication. For over two years, we primarily offered two […]

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Giving and getting feedback for your work

Seeking feedback on the work that you do as a learner is important. For one thing, it implies that you create your work with an expectation of sharing it, which has cognitive benefits (see #13, “15 Surprising Discoveries About Learning“). For another thing, it allows you to gather others’ perspectives, insights, and critiques toward improving your knowledge and […]

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