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6 Top Free eBooks for English Literature Students

It’s becoming increasingly straightforward for English Literature students to read and make notes on their set texts through eBooks and devices. Books can be downloaded and read on tablets, or even on smartphones, while PDFs and computer readers mean that students can make notes and highlight particular passages when...

5 months ago by Guest Author

EdTech

20+ Free Online Libraries

It’s a shame more people are not aware of the wide array of free online libraries. Databases, books, videos, audio recordings and e-books are available, just waiting to be viewed and used. This guide will help avid readers, serious researchers and casual surfers alike get the most out of free web libraries.

6 months ago by Guest Author

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12 Trends Impacting the Evolution of Digital Content

I’m speaking this afternoon about the evolution of digital content at an event hosted by Education's Digital Future, a center at Stanford.

6 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

Learning

Infographic: OER Textbooks Cut Costs

It's been said before. The cost of college is rising between tuition, housing, and textbook costs. Yet, one area to cut spending for students is in the cost of learning materials. Open educational resources (OER) have been sweeping the market, especially with the helpt of higher education movers and shakers like Saylor...

6 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Amazon Competes with Apple for Classroom-Tablet Dominance

After the release of the cutting-edge, media-enriched iPad apps iBooks 2 and iTunes U in early January, Apple may have thought it would be the only Fortune 500 company with the technological goods powerful enough to monopolize digital tablets in the classroom. But with this week's announcement of Amazon's latest techn...

6 months ago by Guest Author

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The Future of OER

Open education resource (OER) is one of the rapidly changing education platforms globally. However, as this versatile educational platform gains popularity, a number of questions have been raised concerning its sustainability and future. Here are some aspects about the trend that will help you answer some of the issues...

7 months ago by Guest Author

Learning

Q&A: Video Tutoring Improves Textbook Learning

Textbook Tactics matches 10-15 minute videos and assessment questions to high school and college course textbooks. Tutors can harness the platform to deliver select playlists for students, meeting their learning needs anytime, anywhere. Shawn Cox, the founder of the video-tutoring platform Textbook Tactics, joins us to...

one year ago by Getting Smart Staff