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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. Although rentals are a good option approved by educational institutes, OER is yet to be widely accepted by educational institutes.

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To Flip or Not to Flip Your Classroom

TechSmith Camtasia

The class average grade for all my students in my flipped classes improved three-quarters of a letter grade over traditional lecture classes in past years which is statistically significant (p < 0.05 However, when comparing student performance on exams, the flipped classroom has consistently resulted in improved results.

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

Hurix Digital

A report published by the US Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics in 2018 shows that the number of students who took at least some of their courses online in 2017 grew by more than 350,000 — a healthy 5.7% These sources include open educational sources (OERs). increase from 2016. . in 2016). .

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

MOOC Statistics Thus Far STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011. MOOCs , OER University, Stanford AI. Contributed to the UNESCO OER discussion list , February 16, 2009. Call for Papers, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching GEORGE SIEMENS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012. But it’s getting closer.

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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] June 17-20, 2013 International Conference on Mathematics, Statistics, and Mathematics Education 7 th , Athens, Greece. www.cacuss2013.ca ca or cacuss-ed@cacuss.ca