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Big Ideas Fest – The Action Collab Facilitator Perspective
Our director of Action Collabs, Andrea Saveri chatted with facilitator Emily Simas to learn about her experience.Action Collab facilitators see the Big Ideas Fest (BIF) from a unique perspective. While leading their cohorts through various Action Collab...
OpenStax, OER Commons partner on community hubs
Rice University-based publisher OpenStax is partnering with OER Commons to provide online community hubs where instructors can freely share and modify syllabuses, homework, study guides and other open-copyright course materials that are made specifically for each of...
What’s After Next?
Being innovative is the must-have quality of any successful leader in the competitive for-profit sector, but that attribute is generally not mentioned as often with regard to those who lead nonprofit organizations. Maybe that is beginning to change.
What Are Open Educational Resources?
Though the term "open educational resourcs" has become widely used in recent years, not everyone is clear on exactly what it means. According to the Hewlett Foundation, whose definition is considered the most official, says Lisa Petrides, the CEO and founder of the...
7 resources for open education materials
Shrinking school budgets and growing interest in open content has created an increased demand for open educational resources. According to the FCC, "The U.S. spends more than $7 billion per year on K-12 textbooks, but too many students are still using books that are...