Creative Commons seeks to hear from businesses that use or might use open models and Creative Commons licensing to support their business models. Under this initiative, businesses will both contribute and receive feedback, advice, etc. on achieving sustainability with open models. Clearly, the Saylor Academy’s model depends on open content, both curated and created, which […]
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As mentioned in a previous post a few months ago and discussed in our recent Hangout on Air, we have been working on updating various components of our site and courses. Phase I of this (or at least the first part to be public facing) was the redesign of our website in September. We announced then that, moving […]
Update November 2017: you can see an example certificate and current features at https://www.saylor.org/accredible-certificates With Accredible, we have just announced our work to build the next generation of course certificates. As Accredible says on their post, Accredible’s certificates go beyond the standard PDF certificate, showing what a student has learned by embedding evidence and insights into […]
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Right in time to help celebrate Engineer’s Week (happy week to our engineer friends out there…to everyone else: have you hugged an engineer yet today?), we are releasing some STEM gems to the iTunes U community in the form of single-serving, introductory-level chemistry courses. First up is Matter and Measurements, followed by The Atom. You […]
We held our first proper “office hours” Hangout on Air on Wednesday with staff representing the education, technology, and community facets of our foundation. Watch the video below and scroll down for the outline of what we covered. Stay tuned for our next office hours, subject TBD, which will be shorter, more focused, and easier […]