When the University of the People (UoPeople) opened up enrollment for Term 4 of its 2011-2012 Academic Year, its students were able to sign up for an adapted version of the Saylor Foundation’s BUS205: Business Law. Thanks to a partnership formed between the two organizations, Saylor Foundation consulting professors were able to adjust this select […]
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NOTE: The OTC has ended, but you can visit our collection of textbooks here. Today the Saylor Foundation is launching a new way for authors and college professors to participate in the Open Textbook Challenge (OTC). Based on the hefty amount of feedback we received from interested individuals across the globe, we are pleased to […]
We’ve mentioned our Student ePortfolios before, but now it’s official – our Student ePortfolios are live! Today is the soft launch of our ePortfolio system, which allows you – our Saylor.org students – to: Create a new account or log in via Facebook. Enroll in an area of study – or individual courses that peak […]
Yesterday, I posted a recap of the OpenStax College Launch presentation that we attended as part of last week’s 2012 Connexions Conference. As I mentioned, that presentation was one out of two presentations that were most applicable to our Saylor.org students and fans. Today, I want to quickly run through the second presentation that many […]
We are excited to announce today that we will be extending the Wave II deadline of our Open Textbook Challenge! Yes, you heard that right: we’ve decided to push back our Wave II deadline to May 31, 2012. There are a few reasons why we felt prospective OTC candidates should have some extra time to prepare their […]
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