At a friendly yet spirited debate last month over the pros and cons of open educational resources, publishers and OER advocates agreed on at least one thing: The “old” textbook market is broken. But ...

A growing number of educators and policymakers are being drawn to open educational resources, convinced that the free, malleable, and shareable academic content offers advantages that traditional ...

Thirteen states and 40 school districts are joining the U.S. Department of Education’s open education resource initiative, #GoOpen, the federal education department announced today. The Department of ...

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The Graduate School of Education has joined the SUNY-wide effort to reduce the costs of higher education by launching an Open Education Research Lab dedicated to replacing high-priced textbooks and ...

As the founders of two of the world's largest open-source media platforms - Wikipedia and Connexions - we have both been accused of being dreamers. Independently, we became infected with the idea of ...

Open educational resources are a mainstay at Open High School of Utah, a Salt Lake City, UT-based public charter school that opened its virtual doors to students in 2009. Free for students, the ...

Lindsay is a writer that's freshly entered the industry and is currently a contributor at Game Rant. In terms of writing, she loves poetry and fiction, or any good story, really. Video games have been ...

Now is the time of year when U.S. public school districts spend a combined $8 billion on instructional materials while trying to ensure that schools receive the maximum value for their money.

Openly licensed content gives instructors added freedom to engage with students in the classroom and to use course materials in new and innovative ways. Below is an introduction to open pedagogy and ...