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Federal Rule Change May Undermine ‘Inclusive Access’ Textbook Models

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There’s a new battle raging in the long-running war over costly college textbooks , one that may strike a serious blow to the textbook subscription programs promoted by publishers and criticized by student advocates. Searching for Savings The business of textbooks elicits strong opinions from nearly everyone in higher education.

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Disrupting U.S. schools wasn’t possible before–that may be changing

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Yes, there have been Disruptive Innovations in how students learn, namely, in the form factor. All textbook companies. Fast forward, and digital-native companies have been disrupting the staid and supposedly impenetrable market of textbooks. public schools at the time. The same has not been true within schools.

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Student-Designed Review Games with Quizizz

Catlin Tucker

The prospect of preparing students for those exams can be daunting. I work with a lot of teachers who spend hours creating review activities for their students to help them review information in the weeks leading up to those exams. Instead of asking, “How can I help students to review for the exam?”

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Can the ‘Netflix For Textbooks’ Model Actually Improve Access?

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Textbooks play a central role in discussions around higher ed affordability , and publishers have long been cast as the villain, pulling in high profits as textbook prices rise. These days some publishers are trying a new sales model they say will save students money: textbook subscription services.

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3 Ways to Use Video Conferencing with Students Learning Remotely

Catlin Tucker

They make it possible for teachers to maintain a human connection with their students and guide their learning from a distance. Below are three suggestions for using these video conferencing platforms to continue teaching students as they learn remotely. #1 3 Conferencing with Students. 3 Conferencing with Students.

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Expensive Textbooks Are Still A Problem. Will Higher Quality OER Help?

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High textbook costs continue to prove a barrier to college for some students, with some studies showing that many students skip textbook purchases even if they worry it’ll harm their grades because of the price tag. Officials plan to make an OER Statistics 101 course available by 2023.

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What to know about the newest cyberattack strategy putting K-12 schools at risk

eSchool News

Its a uniquely significant threat to K-12 schools, where students and teachers rely heavily on file-hosting services to complete, submit, and share work and information. This makes it easier for IT teams–and even teachers and students–to recognize patterns of suspicious behavior across their network and address it accordingly.

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