We are pleased to welcome Cherisse Gardner, our new Manager of Instructional Design, to the Saylor Academy team. Ms. Gardner’s deep knowledge in learning technology, educational content management, and instructional design will help to drive course and content design for Saylor Academy as we turn the corner into 2018. “With Cherisse, I am excited to […]
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Good morning and happy Monday! We’re back to keep you updated about different happenings in education. For this week, we focus on two very highly contested issues in the world of education: freedom and access. We begin this week with a focus on the freedom to become a teacherpreneur in New York City and the […]
Saylor.org is working with LearnBIG to put great content in the hands of users. You may remember LearnBIG from our Monday Morning Digest (MMD) post last month and know that we were already “big” fans (ahem) of their work. LearnBIG gathers online educational resources including games, OER materials, ebooks, audio lessons, and MOOCs (massive open online courses) from […]
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For today’s look behind the scenes, we chatted with Zev Vernon-Lapow, our Audio/Video Team Lead. Hello Zev, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to chat with us today. My pleasure. Alright, let’s begin. Could you please tell us a little bit more about yourself? Sure, I was born and raised […]
Thought we’d complete your Saturday afternoon with extra knowledge. We promise we’re even more entertaining than a 22-hour non-filibuster. What we’ve been up to: Making Friends — Bellevue University is our newest credit-pathway partner. Check out their offerings, especially a course to help you develop a portfolio you can submit to earn Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) […]