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Open Ed’s Business Woes: Textbook Pioneer Flat World Knowledge To Revoke Free Access To Texts
This week, Campus Marketplace reported that Flat World Knowledge has been forced to drop its free access to textbooks. The decision was made largely because of the cost of supporting free access. In other words it was a business decision that many have or will face as part of the shift to open learning.
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Open Learning Through Open Source Development
Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has included open source software development into its curriculum, partnering with Red Hat to provide scholarships, internships, certification, and competitions to its Diploma students. Ng Weng Lam, Director, School of electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic explains how open source education benefits students. Read More »
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Open Online Courses – An Avalanche That Might Just Get Stopped
Could massive online open courses – moocs – lead to back-door privatisation in higher education? The UK should watch what is happening in California very closely, says James Vernon Read More »
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Open Source Meets Textbook Publishing - Much Cash Freed Up
What do you get when you take the open source approach and apply it to textbook publishing? Answer: a whole lot of happy students, thrilled at the chance to save a whole lot of cash... Read More »
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Open Source Programs Aim To Meet Global Demand For Developers
It is software that differentiates one device or computing experience from another. And since nearly all software today is built using open source projects and code, knowing how to collaborate and contribute to an open development community is a requirement for any developer or company regardless of industry. Read More »
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Open Source's Fortunes In Poland Could Be About To Change, Thanks To Education
Open source has had a mixed reception in Poland's public sector, with some government agencies actively blocking efforts to increase uptake of the software. But the situation could be set for a reversal, after changes in the education sector. Read More »
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Open-Source Benefits To Govt Outweigh Misconceptions, Report Says
Security challenges, lack of education, interoperability concerns and licensing and legal concerns are some of the top obstacles government officials see for adopting open-source software in agencies, according to a survey in a recent report from GovLoop. Read More »
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Opening Up To Open Source Author’s Book Sheds Light On Coding, Cost Advantages To Help School Curriculums
A local man has made it his mission to spread the word about open source software, hoping that school districts will take advantage of more affordable options to incorporate technology into classroom curriculums. Read More »
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OpenStudent Replaces Traditional Student Achievement System
The province of British Columbia started out with a vision over 10 years ago to have "one student record, stored in one location, accessed by all authorized users." And all but four districts in the province, and many independent schools, followed this vision [...]. Now, after eight years in production, the system will be discontinued by the vendor in 2015... Read More »
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Opinion: 'Teach Young People To Be Innovative'
The world has an insatiable appetite for innovation. To feed this desire for technologic and scientific breakthroughs, nations invest in our celebrated universities. Tax and tuition dollars go to educate students -- the next generation of open-minded thinkers -- but also toward fostering research. After all, academia is the quintessential innovation incubator. Isn't it? Read More »
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Our Status-Driven Culture May Be Shortening Your Lifespan
Imagine you got to choose whether to be born Black or born White in America. Here are a few health statistics that might inform your decision... Read More »
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Penn State Associate Professor Of English Stuart Selber On MOOCs
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online courses with open access through world wide web. Students taking part in such courses participate in online classes and discussions, make notes, and give test and assignments. Read More »
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Public School Children Living In Poverty Across US In Highest Numbers Since 1960s
A new study by the Southern Education Foundation has revealed that the number of low income students enrolled in schools across the United States has surged in recent years to new astronomical numbers. Read More »
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Quora Response: Fueling Innovation and Entrepreneurship
On the Q&A platform Quora today, Chief Technology Officer Todd Park answered a question about President Obama’s efforts to fuel innovation and entrepreneurship. Read Todd's response below, or join the conversation on Quora. Read More »
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Raspberry Pi Microcomputers Are Powering A School Computing Lab In Rural Cameroon
The Raspberry Pi microcomputer has already put more than a million Pis in the hands of makers, tinkerers, parents and kids in its first year on sale. Which is an impressive feat for a device that’s designed to get more people dabbling in electronics and thinking about how software works. Read More »
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