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Developmental Algebra
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Business Communication Adopters
As part of the College Open textbooks grant, a group of faculty at Cuyahoga Community College are customizing Scott McLean's Business Communication for Success book published through Flat World. By adding additional examples, videos, and modifying some content, we are aligning to our official course outcomes…See More
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Developmental Algebra
April Strom is manager of this group.Here is a video about their Developmental Algebra community: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoLGqrq99_gImage for this group is open licensed by trialanderrorsSee More
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Developmental Algebra
April Strom is manager of this group.Here is a video about their Developmental Algebra community: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoLGqrq99_gImage for this group is open licensed by trialanderrorsSee More
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Business Communication Adopters
As part of the College Open textbooks grant, a group of faculty at Cuyahoga Community College are customizing Scott McLean's Business Communication for Success book published through Flat World. By adding additional examples, videos, and modifying some content, we are aligning to our official course outcomes…See More
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Business Communication Adopters
As part of the College Open textbooks grant, a group of faculty at Cuyahoga Community College are customizing Scott McLean's Business Communication for Success book published through Flat World. By adding additional examples, videos, and modifying some content, we are aligning to our official course outcomes…See More
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Educational Psychology
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Business Communication Adopters
As part of the College Open textbooks grant, a group of faculty at Cuyahoga Community College are customizing Scott McLean's Business Communication for Success book published through Flat World. By adding additional examples, videos, and modifying some content, we are aligning to our official course outcomes…See More
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Educational Psychology
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Educational Psychology
Brian Beitzel, at SUNY Oneonta, is the leader of this Educational Psychology Adopters Group.See More
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Business Communication Adopters
As part of the College Open textbooks grant, a group of faculty at Cuyahoga Community College are customizing Scott McLean's Business Communication for Success book published through Flat World. By adding additional examples, videos, and modifying some content, we are aligning to our official course outcomes…See More
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Scott Rains's Blog
The Shift to Digital Pedagogy
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Join us for an informative webinar to learn about the latest business and technology trends that affect the educational publishing industry.…
Posted on May 18, 2010 at 1:55pm — 4 Comments
Bookshare: Accessible Materials for Students with Print Disabilities
Benetech's Bookshare.org operates under the provisions of the Chafee Amendment to address print disabilities. Formatting textbooks in DAISY format is one of their initiatives. A short video prepared by the IRIS Center overviews Bookshare. See the URL below:
This module presents an overview of Bookshare, a project…
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Coursera Collaborating with Publishers to Bring More Affordable, Accessible Educational Resources
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on May 9, 2013 at 3:41pm
Congratulating Community Colleges with the most affordable textbooks: Essex, East Misssissippi, NW Colorado, and Cecil
Posted by Jacky Hood on April 21, 2013 at 9:30am
Academia and the MOOC
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm
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Wow -- so glad you joined. I'd love to talk with you about the work you do at Bookshare and what we're trying to achieve at Community College Open Textbooks vis a vis accessibility. I also notice you're local so I hope we can set up a time to meet.
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Una