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Building learners' independence through thoughtful technology use
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August 27, 2013 4:11 PM
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Free Resources: Saylor Foundation Opens Thousands of Learning Tools to Colleges and Universities ~ Campus Technology

Free Resources: Saylor Foundation Opens Thousands of Learning Tools to Colleges and Universities ~ Campus Technology | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it

by David Nagel

 

"The Saylor Foundation has opened its Media Library to the public, providing thousands of open educational resources, videos, articles, and full-length textbooks.

 

"The Saylor Foundation is dedicated to providing free and open education, with complete courses offered at the K-12 and post-secondary levels. It provides a total of about 300 academic courses, along with workplace skills courses.

 

"Its online Media Library, built on the open source DSpace repository platform, provides a growing list of about 6,000 total resources, including 3,000 open educational resources, 1,300 videos, 124 full-length textbooks, and 2,500 articles. Resources cover the arts, sciences, humanities, social sciences, engineering, business, and test prep. Materials include primary texts (such as Beowulf and Hamlet), references (such as the Catholic Encyclopedia), textbooks (such as The Electronic Introduction to Old English), maps, presentations, audio recordings, assessments, assignments, data sets, and others."

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August 11, 2013 10:06 PM
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Smackdown: Resources Shared at 2013 School Administrators of Iowa Conference | Angela Maiers

Smackdown: Resources Shared at 2013 School Administrators of Iowa Conference | Angela Maiers | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it

by Angela Maiers

 

"I had the privilege yesterday of leading the Smackdown at the 38th Annual School Administrators of Iowa Conference.

The links and resources were flying furiously, and we did our best to capture them all:"

 

 

 

Jim Lerman's insight:

A fine list, and very current too. Quite informative as the post also contains an extensive list of resources in support of the CCSS. Includes tools, resources, presentations, articles, and videos.

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