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Open all OERs

Learning with e's

Dr Stella Anthony (Australian Universities Network for Quality Assurance) gave the opening presentation for the event, and spoke about the opportunities and challenges of OERs in higher education. It is all a matter of granularity, with Open Courseware the most contextualised. The second question was asked about design and content.

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Opening spaces, open learning

Learning with e's

I'm enjoying the workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER) here in Windhoek, Namibia. Today, the workshop for Quality Assurance Agencies is addressing the concept of OERs and how they can be quality assured. Tags: Sir John Daniel OER Namibia. Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Can US Higher Education Publishers Leverage a Subscription Model

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Educational publishers, who till now had a steady stream of income compared to non-educational book publishers, due to the recurring need for textbooks every year by students, are now gradually shifting towards digital publishing. Over the past 30-40 years, textbook prices have increased by more than 1000%. a semester.