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Trend Towards Open Educational Resources and Publishing OER

Gutenberg Technology

Colleges and universities all over the US are participating in programs that give their students access to open educational resources (OER) in the form of free or very low-cost course materials and tools.

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Trend Towards Open Educational Resources and Publishing

Gutenberg Technology

Colleges and universities all over the US are participating in programs that give their students access to open educational resources (OER) in the form of free or very low-cost course materials and tools.

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How Can K-12 Publishers Adapt in the Digital Era

Kitaboo

Publish Superior Content Than OERs. Publishers must be aware of the free learning resources available on the internet- Open Educational Resources (OERs). Competing with sources that offer free and second-hand learning materials at low cost demand an aggressive content and sales planning.

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Why Open Content is Not Yet Adopted in the Workplace

Kapp Notes

But they are not the only initiative, there is the Open High School of Utah and the Flat World Knowledge project that is focusing on creating open, low cost books and Yale Open courses offers select introductory courses online. OERs include learning content as well as tools to create and share the content.

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Free Learning

Tony Karrer

However, when you begin to go after small, niche audiences, then low cost production becomes important. OCW, OER) as part of their internal learning. When you produce advertising for massive distribution on network TV, you can afford to spend a lot of time and money to produce the ads. If you know of examples, please contact me.

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Daily Bookmarks 06/19/2008

Experiencing eLearning

ZaidLearn: University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE! Global Education On a Dime: A Low-Cost Way to Connect | Edutopia. Huge directory of links to free educational resources–open courseware, open educational resources, and general resources. Mostly higher ed. Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?