Why are textbooks so expensive?
College textbook prices increased at double the rate of inflation for several years but there are creative ways to find course materials for less. College textbook prices increased at double the rate of inflation for several years but there are creative...
Systemic Change in Greece
Do you ever wonder what you would do if you really had the power to change things? I feel that we often hide behind the less than convincing argument of ‘I would know how to organize things in my family-school-university! If only my partner-principal-rector...
The Association of Educational Publishers and Creative Commons to Co-Lead Learning Resources Framework Initiative
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) and Creative Commons (CC) today announced a partnership to improve search results on the World Wide Web through the creation of a metadata framework specifically for learning resources. This work is being underwritten...
Content Providers Old and New Partner to Make Searching Easier
"This can do for students what John Dewey did for readers 150 years ago when he created standardized card cataloging." "This can do for students what John Dewey did for readers 150 years ago when he created standardized card cataloging."
Preparing for the Big Ideas Fest
I've been preparing a solo presentation for the 2010 Big Ideas Fest in Half Moon Bay, California, hosted by ISKME--The Institute For the Study of Knowledge Management in Education. I'm especially excited about this, not only because I get to spend...