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The Rise of OER and Digital Textbooks in Higher Education

Kitaboo

However, considering the power of DRM, it is best to check specific licenses like the Creative Commons licenses for re-use permissions. Here are some ways in which OER resources can be used: If you plan to create your digital content, you can develop resources using OER content that comes under Creative Commons licenses.

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Digital school strategies

Learning with e's

Schools need to plan their technology strategies very carefully. It''s about encouraging reluctant teachers to adopt, embed and apply new technology effectively within authentic teaching and learning contexts. What do you think are the key elements schools need to address in a digital strategy? Unported License.

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5 Ways Social Learning Can Lead to an Effective Remote Onboarding Process

Obsidian Learning

Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Fast forward to more recent history, and we’ve gone from gleaning survival skills from our social group to trying to figure out the most effective means of transmitting skills to individuals new to our organizations and integrating them into our workplace cultures.

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#EDENchat How effective is mobile learning?

Learning with e's

Hence, mobile learning is now becoming a key part of educational strategy. And yet it is still largely an unknown strategy for many educators. British Summer Time when we will engage in a free flowing, question driven discussion on the question ''How effective is mobile learning?'' Join us tonight at 19.00 Unported License.

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Step-by-Step Guide to Licensing Teaching Materials

Kitaboo

These often fall under the Creative Commons License. Creative Commons : This common license type is further subdivided into different categories: CC BY (Attribution): The teaching materials are free to use, even for commercial purposes, with proper attribution.

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12 Helpful Resources for Instructional Design

CourseArc

Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company (by Michael Allen) . Michael Allen’s guide features best practices for creating engaging and effective online educational experiences. Write and Organize for Deeper Learning (by Patti Shank) .

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

See Failure of Creative Commons Licenses and Creative Commons Use in For-Profit Company eLearning? Open Content Potential But There are Challenges This year I spent quite a bit of time looking at where and how open content could get leveraged in different ways. for more on this. Top eLearning Sites?