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What Are the Best OER Media Usage Practices?

Gutenberg Technology

A 2015 study showed that teens spend an average of 9 hours a day consuming online media. Media elements are extremely valuable tools to publishers. Without images, any digital learning program would be dull and unengaging. This is especially true today.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. Apart from rental services, these publishers can earn revenue through banner ads, and also by offering additional learning resources.

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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

Caroline for example, on SoundForge had 37 downloads this week, even though the last update (On SoundForge) for the listing is 2015, but for the actual code is 2014 (for stable). . OER – Open Educational Resources exist and there are plenty to choose from, which you can add to your system. Here though is the latest. .

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Open all hours #EDEN15

Learning with e's

Martin Weller's keynote presentation at EDEN 2015 Conference was entitled 'The battle for open.' In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship.

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Online Educa Berlin 2014 Conference Review #OEB14

eLearning 24-7

1 LMS for 2015 (surprise!) – gamification wrapped around strong feature set includes many of my next tier gamification feature sets including built-in badge library. – in my Top 10 for 2015 blog which will appear week of Jan 20th, the same week, my Top 50 LMS rankings report is available for purchase. Growth Engineering.

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eLearning Conferences 2013

Tony Karrer

link] December 3-14, 2012 Open Content Licensing for Educators (#OCL4Ed), organized by the OER Foundation, offered online. link] January 28-29, 2013 Integrated Strategic Planning and Resource Allocation , organized by Academic Impressions, San Diego, California, USA. link] March 26-28, 2013 Russian Education Forum , Moscow, Russia.