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College Libraries Ontario launch OER Toolkit
The Ontario College Libraries’ OER Toolkit has launched and is now available through the Faculty Toolkit in The Learning Portal / Le Portail d’Apprentissage, a collaboration between Ontario college libraries and learning centres and the Ontario Colleges Library...
Growing #GoOpen: U.S. Department of Education Announces New Partner and Plans to Expand #GoOpen Network
The U.S. Department of Education is excited to announce a new partnership with the education nonprofit, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), to enhance and expand the #GoOpen network. As a #GoOpen partner organization,...
Educators and Learners in Saudi Arabia Connect in Open Resources Network
ISKME partners with Saudi National Center for e-Learning to expand access to open resources; launches network for open educational resourcesApril 2, 2018— (Half Moon Bay, CA) – The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), an education...
Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free—and Be Financially Sustainable?
From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. New and traditional...
Big ‘Open’ Educational Resources Provider Joins Forces With Microsoft
A leading provider of “open” educational resources has secured a potentially huge platform for reaching K-12 schools by striking a partnership with Microsoft to deliver its curriculum through the tech giant’s classroom products. The nonprofit Open Up Resources will...