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Tag Archives: Open Education Week
Open Education Week (March7-11)
Open Education Week starts today! Check back with the GSU Library Blog each day this week as we highlight OER (Open Educational Resources) each day. Today, we’ll highlight a few high quality open textbooks housed in the GSU library. All … Continue reading
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Tagged OER, Open Education Week, Open textbook
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Why Professors are creating and using free and open textbooks
College textbook prices are increasing faster than tuition and inflation. The College Board estimates that students need $1200 per year for textbooks. Based on that number, students in the University System of Georgia (USG) could spend $360,000,000 this year on … Continue reading
Open Education Week (March 9-13)
This week, the GSU library is celebrating Open Education Week. What is Open Education? Open education encompasses resources, tools and practices that employ a framework of open sharing to improve educational access and effectiveness worldwide. What is Open Education Week? … Continue reading
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Teach effectively and creatively with open content and other affordable solutions
Several library blogs this week have focused on locating and using open resources. However, it can be challenging to determine the most effective way to incorporate these materials into your course. Listed below are three services to help you get … Continue reading
Authoring Online Content: Create, Remix, Share….
Oftentimes, when creating content, authors want to incorporate materials such as photos, video clips, book chapters, and other materials created by others. The easiest way to do this is to use materials that are licensed with a Creative Commons license. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, For Faculty, For Students, General News, Instruction
Tagged authoring, creative commons, OER, Open Education Week, open educational resource, open professionals education network, remix, share
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“One brilliant idea… high-quality, free, open texts, and resources.” –openstaxcollege.org
Concerns over the high cost of college and student debt extends to the high costs of textbooks. But oftentimes, it doesn’t need to. There are many free or affordable solutions. OpenStax College may be an option for your course. If … Continue reading
Open Education Week, March 10-15
Open Education Week starts today! Check back with the GSU library blog each day this week to learn more about open education. By the way, what is open education and why is it important? Open education is a movement that … Continue reading
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Tagged OER, OERs, open education, Open Education Resources, Open Education Week
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