Just a quick update in case you missed the posts yesterday on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Ah, right — and LinkedIn (hey, follow us!): We announced yesterday the open secret of the Media Library, which you can discover for yourself at library.saylor.org. Not that you have to remember it; we included a link in the […]
Month: August 2013
Intro to Literary Studies Now Available on iTunes U
If freshman composition is often considered the bane of university first-years, the introductory literature course is merely the butt of a joke. (And good luck to those who try to major in English Lit without suffering the scorn of their so-called friends with “real” majors.) A sad story, indeed, and sadder still that the cynics […]
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MMD: The Afternoon Mini Edition: Providing Insight
Good afternoon (evening?) and happy Monday! This week, we have another shortened mini afternoon edition to provide you with some insight on the news in ED-Tech for the week. We begin with providing some insight on a possible precursor to using Google Glasses in the classroom. The system? An AFL, or Augmented Feedback Lecture that […]
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Survey of Saylor Summer School- Surviving the Job Market
You may have heard about our Saylor Summer School project, where we decided to run a group of our courses with closer support and more social learning. And…you may not have enrolled (things happen, we guess…but you missed out). For all of you, here’s the quick version! We have resources available to help you while […]
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Staff Snapshot: Laura Skowronski, AKA ‘Mama Bear’
Today, for our next Saylor.org Staff Snapshot, we chat with Laura Skowronski, our Quality Assurance and Research Coordinator. Hello Laura! Hi. Let’s start with our first question: Could you please tell us a little bit about yourself? I grew up in Vermont with my parents and two siblings, both younger, a brother and a sister! […]
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