A couple weeks ago, we mentioned a recent poll by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation on what Americans want from higher education. Today, our own Marissa shares her thoughts. – Ed. Is higher education still valuable? Should the current accrediting system change? Is tuition too expensive? The American general public seems to think so. According […]
Month: February 2013
OER Newsletter – February 2013
Welcome once again to the so-called ‘OER Newsletter’. Presented here, for your enjoyment, are some of the resources, tools, and sites that have crossed our digital desks in the past month. One of our favorites is TinEye Labs’ “Multicolr Search Lab”…in honor of the rapidly approaching spring, we selected a pastel palette for our image […]
Monday Morning Digest: Ch-Ch-Changes in Ed. tech.
Good Morning, and happy Monday! For this week, we look at how educational technology has changed. Some can be good and some can, well, some can still be under debate. As new ideas and innovations come into being it is often helpful to take a bird’s eye view of it all. We start off today […]
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We Love Resources: Special ME102 App Edition
Our very own David Rose (whom you met yesterday) has been hard at work researching and vetting (read: playing with) mobile apps for integration into our courses. You know, that whole “harnessing technology” thing we like to talk about. The first fruits of his efforts are available in an updated ME102: Mechanics I, and the improvements […]
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Snapshot: David Rose, Globetrotter
This is the first in our new series of Saylor.org staff interviews. Here, we catch up with David Rose, our Senior Content Analyst. Hi David. Hi. Why don’t we begin with you telling us a bit about yourself? Sure. I am originally from Hawaii but have been living in DC for a year and a […]