Here at the Saylor Foundation, we pride ourselves on providing access to high quality, openly licensed, college level courses and education. We use our resources to distribute our information to countless people around the world at absolutely no cost. Over the past few years, we have created over 300 online courses for individuals in every […]
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Who says money and OER can’t mix? To encourage adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER), the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has announced an Open Educational Resources Grant Competition for educators/districts to develop and implement projects to use OER in curricula. The competition is the second phase of Washington state legislation […]
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My colleagues Denise Borsuk (Research Team) and Zev Vernon-Lapow (A/V Team) also attended this event and contributed to this post. Looking for something new to read? If you’ve been hunting for an educational read, you might want to check out The Smartest Kids in the World–and How They Got That Way by journalist and author Amanda […]
A new practice test question site, Learningpod™, launched yesterday with 20,000 questions in its database and more on the way. The Saylor Foundation is among the founding contributors to the site, along with Kaplan Test Prep, Manhattan Prep, OpenStax College, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and the Council for Economic Education. One tough thing for education […]
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In case you missed it, on Friday Sylvia at MOOC News & Reviews put out Part 6 of her around the world tour of MOOCs: “MOOCish” Online Ed Resources. It’s not a short read, but it’s conversational and it’s worth your time. She touches on the issues of classifying MOOCs, as well as on what we’ll call […]
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