Jeff Davidson named Saylor Academy Executive Director

We are pleased to announce Jeff Davidson as the new Executive Director of Saylor Academy.In his long-standing role as Director of Strategic Relationships, Jeff led the initial push to receive college credit recommendations for Saylor courses and has connected Saylor Academy to key partner institutions and organizations. During his tenure, Jeff has become a thought […]

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Summary Report of “Open” Survey Responses

Way back in June we launched a survey asking Saylor Academy users to provide an open-ended response to one question. The subject of this question is one we are always striving to learn more about, as it is at the center of our mission. The question we asked, and got many response to, was: As […]

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What Does Open Mean to You?

Starting today (or the recent past, if you are reading this post in the future), and extending throughout the summer, Saylor Academy will be running a short survey (only 1 required question) aimed at learning more about what the members of our community — students, teachers, and blog readers alike — think about the term […]

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Some great paid gigs at Saylor Academy…pass it on!

We currently have some important roles we need to fill at Saylor Academy. These contract jobs are temporary but a huge part of our success — just check out the list of our course consultants and reviewers to get a sense of how important they are to Saylor Academy. Specifically, we are looking to hire […]

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Recap: Open Courses for College Credit

If you missed our Open Education Week edition of our occasional office hours, we focused on using open courses for college credit, with an intended audience of both students and educators. The archived video is below. The main takeaways we hope we conveyed are these: We now have 22 courses recommended for over 60 credits […]

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