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A letter from Jean Wilner Augustin of Haitian Connection Network

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The Haitian Connection Network, a nonprofit organization, helps students in Haiti earn higher education credentials online and provides job placement assistance in Haiti for program graduates. HCN drives forward on their mission through three primary initiatives: English as a Second Language (ESL), Higher Education Online, and Job Placement Assistance. Students at HCN benefit from the […]

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Flying Dodos, Super History, and Saylor.org

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[blog_update customblogupdate=”This post is no longer up to date, but read on to learn about one of our older projects.”] If you haven’t heard of Flying Dodos, we wouldn’t blame you — after all, they only launched early this morning. We’re sponsoring their SuperHistory DodoFrame — a long-ish name that describes an interactive, embeddable HTML5 widget […]

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EduWiki 2013: Wikimedia meets open education November 1st in Cardiff

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Photo credit: Cardiff Bay Panorama by WikiLaurent | CC BY-SA Although we can’t be everywhere (and, sadly, we won’t be here in Cardiff), we do try to talk about good things happening around the world, where you might be. If you’re in the UK or willing to travel, mark your calendar for this year’s EduWiki Conference — and if you’re not nearby, get […]

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Amanda Antico-Majkowski will lead the Saylor Foundation to 2.0

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Please join us in welcoming Amanda Antico-Majkowski, our new executive director! We’re all excited, and not just because kick-off staff meetings are an excuse for coffee and bagels…although they are a great excuse, and we’re definitely happy about the coffee and bagels. Amanda brings a wealth of experience to the Saylor Foundation, everything from nonprofit […]

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Throwing Down The Gauntlet at The Congressional E-Learning Caucus

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Yesterday, our colleague Jeff Davidson went to Capitol Hill to participate in a Congressional E-Learning Caucus panel on “The College Degree of the Future”. With him were John Ebersole of Excelsior College and Michael Staton of Learn Capital. Jeff laid it out clean when riffing on the $1 trillion US student debt: “‘We can’t even open all […]

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