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In Search of OER’s Future and Edtech’s Missing Evidence at SXSW EDU

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Panelists started by drawing attention to Austin Community College, where students are advised to budget at least $1,200—about a third of tuition costs—for textbooks. While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means.

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An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry

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It became clear to me that those in public sector, in state and local government, in higher ed, and in K-12 had potentially a very different role. I had an idea that we could start working with the educators and with the textbook publishers. If they would've paid attention, they would've gotten higher shareholder value.

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