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The Rise of OER and Digital Textbooks in Higher Education

Kitaboo

We’ve moved from traditional print textbooks to digital ones and even to Open Educational Resource s (OER). Among the big trends in higher education textbooks , using OER and digital textbooks stands out. The Emergence and Scope of Open Educational Resources OER and Digital Textbooks II. How to Use OER?

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The Role of Higher Education Publishing Solutions in Transforming the Learning Landscape

Kitaboo

Open educational resources (OER). They ensure that digital content like websites and eBooks has a responsive design, incorporates captions and transcripts, especially for video content, adds alternative text for images, charts, and graphs, and integrates text-to-speech features. To learn more, write to us at KITABOO@hurix.com.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo

Here’s how you can replace these expensive textbooks with technology in the classroom: Adopt a Subscription Model. If educational institutes start adopting OERs in classrooms, students will be able to save a lot of money that would otherwise be spent on purchasing textbooks and rental subscriptions. Use Open Source eBooks.

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How Can K-12 Publishers Adapt in the Digital Era

Kitaboo

Pearson Adopts a Digital-first Strategy. When students found other alternatives to save their money, such as rental books and second-hand books, publishers decided it was time to provide affordable learning options, without affecting their revenues. Publish Superior Content Than OERs.

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2022 learning and elearning trends

KnowledgeOne

The rush to move online and implement technologies that not everybody was comfortable with or solutions that were not tested enough to ensure a problem-free implementation created many barriers in providing a smooth alternative to the traditional way of teaching. ” Ping Ng – Learning Experience Designer @KnowledgeOne.

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Advantages of using OER in K-12 Education

Hurix Digital

What Are Open Educational Resources (OER)? Open educational resources or OER are teaching, research, and learning resources that are available in the public domain for free use. OER carries the GNU or Creative Commons license that permits them to be revised, repurposed, remixed, and redistributed at no cost to the user.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Reusing eLearning material (OER) from other sources or not, asks UNESCO. Three reasons why I hesitate - Ignatia Webs , September 22, 2010 Unesco is inviting us to jointly discuss OER, so if you are interested, let yourself be heard! concerning OER. Learning is, I think, a highly creative activity. Results of the Experiment.