Big Ideas Fest Brings in Big Thinkers
It takes people with big ideas — and smart ways to implement them — to make any progress. And that’s the point of the Big Ideas Fest, held December 4-7 in Half Moon Bay, Calif., a gathering of leaders and innovators who will share their thoughts and tactics with...
Why are textbooks so expensive?
College textbook prices increased at double the rate of inflation for several years but there are creative ways to find course materials for less.
Systemic Change in Greece
Do you ever wonder what you would do if you really had the power to change things? I feel that we often hide behind the less than convincing argument of ‘I would know how to organize things in my family-school-university! If only my partner-principal-rector...
The Association of Educational Publishers and Creative Commons to Co-Lead Learning Resources Framework Initiative
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) and Creative Commons (CC) today announced a partnership to improve search results on the World Wide Web through the creation of a metadata framework specifically for learning resources. This work is being underwritten...
Content Providers Old and New Partner to Make Searching Easier
"This can do for students what John Dewey did for readers 150 years ago when he created standardized card cataloging."