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Redeeming Gift Cards and Badges

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It seems like many people struggle to understand how the Open Badge Infrastructure works. Here’s an analogy that I’ve recently found helpful. Say your friend buys you an Amazon or iTunes gift card for your birthday. When your friend buys the gift card, they are required to provide your email address, both so that (1) … Read more

BYU and College Affordability

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Just ran across a great infographic in an article about college costs on the FWK blog – College Costs (Infographic: May Cause Anxiety). Something caught my eye part way down – do you notice anything interesting about three of the five least expensive colleges in the US?

Open Textbooks, Saving Over 50%, and Learning the Same Amount of Science

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Our new article is out in IRRODL! Abstract below; read the whole article here: A Preliminary Examination of the Cost Savings and Learning Impacts of Using Open Textbooks in Middle and High School Science Classes. Proponents of open educational resources claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the … Read more