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A Look At How Open Source Textbooks May Actually Work
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As we move into the world of digital education and blended learning, the fact that textbooks are still expensive and printed seems shocking. The gauntlet has been thrown down and the race to build a reliable and open source textbook that meets the needs of teachers is on.
Finnish Teachers Are Writing An Entire Math Textbook This Weekend
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Who says textbook creation has to be a long-term project? A group of Finnish mathematics researchers, teachers, and students are writing an entire math textbook in three days. In fact, they're writing it right now. They started Friday, September 28, 2012 and are set to finish Sunday night.
11 Reasons Teachers Should Make Their Own Videos
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Any company, organization, or individual hoping to take advantage of digital video to educate or entertain the populace or promote a product should have a video strategy in place before springing for the time and equipment involved. Educators, of course, are not exempt from the core tenets of solidifying a viable video strategy — especially when it comes to how exactly they plan to take advantage of everything the medium offers.
Gates And Carnegie Foundations Offering Awards For Open Source Education Tools
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Get ready for a new influx of education tools. The Gates and Carnegie Foundations are funding two $75,000 awards for the open source developers who can build the in-school software that fits into the new federal reporting requirements on academic achievement.
How OpenCourseWare Has Changed Education
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OpenCourseWare Has Changed Education. How? This infographic would be happy to explain.
Is Apple’s New Education Initiative Dangerous?
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When it comes to Apple's education announcement, there's a debate raging right now over whether Apple's new proprietary file format for iBooks Author is dangerous or not.
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Why Textbooks Should Be Open Source [Infographic]
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Amazon, Apple, Google and many other tech giants have been opening online bookstores with little regard for open source digital textbooks. Many universities, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon, post course lectures ...
