Open source education

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   RudeJude on May 19, 2024 at 11:17 pm

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   Idea: Open source education

   Link: https://www.teachfloor.com/blog/best-free-...

   Nowadays, anyone willing to learn can find several #opensource learning resources online.

   9 Best Free and Open Source LMS Platforms for 2024 - Teachfloor Blog

   Link: https://www.teachfloor.com/blog/

   Open Source LMS platforms are great for online learning. They can help you fine-tune a course for free. Here are some of our best picks

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   djloon on May 19, 2024 at 9:30 pm

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   Idea: Open source education

   Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/studen...

   Check out this professor who wrote an open-access book for her students. All teachers should be like this!
   https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2023/09/20/open-source-textbook-aids-college-student-learning

   Open-source textbook aids college student learning preference

   Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/n

   Patty Goedl, an accounting professor at the University of Cincinnati at Clermont, spent three years developing her own textbook to mitigate student costs.

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   sunnyjim on May 19, 2024 at 9:04 pm

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   Idea: Open source education

   Link: https://www.edweek.org/technology/knowledg...

   Institutions should not charge for education; knowledge was never meant to be restricted.

   ‘Knowledge Is Meant to Be Shared’: The Case for Open Educational Resources

   Link: https://www.edweek.org/technolog

   Open Educational Resources can save educators time and allow them to tap into the creativity of colleagues around the country.

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   Miss Entropic on May 19, 2024 at 8:58 pm

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   Idea: Open source education

   Link: https://today.uic.edu/open-source-textbook...

   Open-source learning resources can help make STEM subjects more accessible to disadvantaged learners.

   Open-source textbook makes STEM education more accessible | UIC today

   Link: https://today.uic.edu/open-sourc

   Textbooks can be costly, particularly for advanced-level and specialized courses. To reduce this burden and increase access to the fundamentals of physical chemistry, UIC’s Preston Snee wrote and released a new, open-source textbook available online for free.

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   Mickey on May 19, 2024 at 7:25 pm

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   Idea: Open source education

   Link: https://ubyssey.ca/news/the-future-of-educ...

   Open-source learning resources are the future of education!

   The Future of Education: Open Educational Resources (OERs) usage on the rise at UBC

   Link: https://ubyssey.ca/news/the-futu

   As a new semester kicks off, UBC students are handed not just syllabuses, but also a hefty textbook bill. However, a quiet shift towards Open Education Resources (OERs) is underway on campus…

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