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What if they threw a party and none of us came?

Learning with e's

This model has come in for some criticism of course, because there is then great pressure on the editors to publish as many submissions as they can, so the journal can optimise its revenue stream. They argue that peer review comes later - and in a continual stream. This critiscism has been countered by more rigorous peer reviews.

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Can US Higher Education Publishers Leverage a Subscription Model

Kitaboo

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.

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Online Educa Berlin 2014 Conference Review #OEB14

eLearning 24-7

MITV – Media Interactive. Has areas for video, webcasts (live and archived/recorded), streaming video, audio. One of the sessions I was in, was a blogger session which included Stephen Downes, a foremost expert on OER (Open Educational Resources). Online Educa Berlin 2014 Product of the Show. Highlights.

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The Making of a Future-proof Online Learning Program for Colleges & Universities

Hurix Digital

These sources include open educational sources (OERs). Early research suggests that learning from OERs is similar to that achieved from traditional textbooks. You can use a mix of several media formats to create engaging content, like text, animations, infographics, and videos. Use a suitable Instructional Design Model.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] or [link] December 1, 2010 UNESCO-Commonwealth of Learning Policy Form on Open Educational Resources (OER): Taking OER beyond the OER Community – Policy and Capacity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. link] May 3-6, 2011 FMX 2011 Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Interactive Media , 16 th , Stuttgart, Germany.

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Top 40 eLearning Articles and 5 Hot Topics for Early March

eLearning Learning Posts

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious - Social Media in Learning , March 9, 2010 This site provides a useful and very simple bookmarking service for Twitter. They are just a way to generate a new revenue stream for game designers? Will the same thing happen in social? Every project requires a different set of tools. March 4, 2010.

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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] December 5-6, 2012 Social Media Marketing , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. link] January 6-8, 2013 June 5-7, 2012 BlogWorld and New Media Expo , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.