I’ve written about Pearson’s efficacy work in the past, and Ray Henderson’s twitter post this morning has prompted me to ponder and write a bit more. Just-in: @Pearson has just pubd white paper on their #Revel platform, as CEO @johnfallon committed. Thoughts? http://t.co/2bEIrin8lp — Ray Henderson (@readmeray) October 14, 2015 Let me start by applauding … Read more

There is much to respond to in a comment left by David Anderson (Executive Director for Higher Education at the Association of American Publishers) on Nicole Allen’s recent HuffPo article College Textbooks: Do You Get What You Pay For, but I’ll focus on one claim. He writes, “While to an OER advocate faculty are mere pawns … Read more

I know I’ve written about efficacy, student success per dollar, and related topics before, but my mind continues to be drawn back to the issue. I can’t adequately express how important I believe this conversation to be. Consider the following fictitious scenario: A pharmaceutical company is developing a drug to cure a rare form cancer. … Read more