As mentioned last week by Thomas Edison State College in a quick Q&A session here, we have a new addition to our Credit Aligned Courses program — HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Present). This brings the number of Saylor.org courses which have been vetted and reviewed as free prep for college […]
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October 21-27, 2013 is International Open Access Week, a global collection of events dedicated to furthering Open Access (OA) to research and scholarly data. Open Access Week was created by SPARC©, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, which promotes open publishing and digital access to scholarly articles, open availability of data (or Open Data), as […]
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October is Connected Educator Month! Connected Educators, a project of the Office of Educational Technology of the U.S. Department of Education, started Connected Educator Month in August 2012 to help educators, school districts, and educational organizations connect and celebrate EdTech. This year’s run, moved to October, already includes over 400 events (online and free) to help teachers and […]
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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For this edition of our Staff Snapshots, we chat with one of our Research Assistants, Nathan Thompson. Good Afternoon, Nate. Thank you for taking the time to chat with us today. Sure thing. Alright, let’s begin. Could you please tell us a little but about yourself? I grew up near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s spectacular in […]