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How an OER Rookie Dove Deep Into a Zero-Cost Textbook Degree Program

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Today, Anagnoson’s online course is embedded into a Water Systems Technology zero-cost textbook degree program, or Z-degree. Water is a unique discipline, it’s not like math or history or communication studies were major publishers put out multitudes of textbooks on,” she says. Now it’s my job.”

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

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The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. Textbook format and cost mattered.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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And Proctorio has inked deals with McGraw-Hill and other textbook publishers to bundle its proctoring tool into courseware, meaning even doing homework may now involved being watched and tracked for suspicious behavior. In other words, he sees himself as a champion of privacy when it comes to online testing.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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In 2024, I expect we will see big advancements towards determining the best way to use AI in both classroom and administrative settings, as well as clearly defining boundaries for ethical use. Every year, we move further away from the “one size fits all” mentality that was the original textbook. I see that continuing in the future.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

Faculty Focus

The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. Textbook format and cost mattered.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

In 2024, I expect we will see big advancements towards determining the best way to use AI in both classroom and administrative settings, as well as clearly defining boundaries for ethical use. Every year, we move further away from the “one size fits all” mentality that was the original textbook. I see that continuing in the future.

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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says

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But religious ethics are not enough to create a public school system. The federal government said you have to take seriously the sexual harassment of young women in the classroom, the sexual assault of young women in the bathroom; you have to let students with disabilities actually attend your schools.

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