The Saylor Academy is a member organization of the Open Policy Network. In concert with other members, we are pleased to share the following message. We are excited to announce the launch of the Open Policy Network. The Open Policy Network, or OPN for short, is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to support the creation, […]
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“BitTorrent from space”: Outernet wants to broadcast free information via satellite to everyone
If you watch our social media streams (of course you do!), you saw mention the other day of a new outfit called Outernet. Their mission is to broadcast open information from space at no cost to the end user; in their words, the program is “the modern version of shortwave radio, or BitTorrent from space.” The concept […]
Watch the SUNY Empire CDL Conference online tomorrow
The SUNY Empire State College Center for Distance Learning hosts its 2014 CDL Conference tomorrow in Saratoga Springs. If you cannot be there in person for the event, you can witness much of it for free online; here is what you need to know: “To the Future and Beyond: The New Face of Online Education” (2014 […]
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SkilledUp graphic: Life of a Front-End Developer
The graphic below, “Life of a Front-End Developer”, is from our friends at SkilledUp, who connect eager learners to great online courses and thence (such is the idea) to excellent jobs. It so happens that Introduction to Computer Science I, our most popular course, is available via SkilledUp. Fancy that. (We don’t often share infographics, for reasons, […]
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Four quotes from Marc Singer’s interview with The Evolllution on prior learning credentials
In a recent interview with online higher education news source The Evolllution — the three L’s emphasize “life-long learning” — Marc Singer of Thomas Edison State College outlines the open course option (text | graphic) for TESC’s Associate in Science in Business Administration (ASBA) degree. The fruit of a long relationship and partnership between Thomas Edison […]