This one’s filed under “ideas we wish we’d had.” The world OER community has grown a lot in the 10 years (to the extent one can measure these things) of its existence. But who are we? Where are we? Who have we yet to meet, to partner with? Enter Alberta’s Athabasca University, which is hosting […]
Read More… from The Big Picture: A World Map of OER Initiatives
No Monday Morning Digest this week. Instead, a new resources newsletter and an invitation to step back and look at some of the stories you may have missed last week: Study Groups are now LIVE in ePortfolio! (Friday) Brand new: Professional Development area of study! (Thursday) Infographic: the Open Textbook Challenge (Wednesday) A whole slew of news and […]
Have you noticed anything…new…in the ePortfolio? The title of the post kind of gives it away, doesn’t it? Okay, so we aren’t great at surprises, but we are absurdly pleased to announce a new element that promises to add real dimension to the ePortfolio: integrated study groups! When we launched the ePortfolio back in April, […]
Not too long ago, we announced the new Communications area of study. We added a tile to our homepage, and we were oh…so…close to glorious rectangularity. Today, we are pleased to announce that we have achieved that goal with the addition of the Professional Development area of study. You can check it out here. Now, […]
Read More… from Brand new: Professional Development area of study!
Textbook costs are, as we know, a bit of an issue for students. Prices have outpaced general cost increases, while resale value of rapidly-replaced editions is almost nil. Our friends at Online Colleges have produced a wonderful infographic outlining the problem, the solutions, and who all is getting involved (including some Movers & Shakers) Share […]