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Release: A change in leadership, a new addition, and commitment to innovate

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Yesterday afternoon, we officially announced the change in status for former Foundation Director Alana Harrington, who will now lead our Advisory Board. We also welcomed about Lou Pugliese as Saylor Fellow and Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Lou has serious technology chops (see the release for details), and is going to help us not only stay on course but […]

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WA State Open Course Library Completed: Confirmed Savings

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In a press release (pdf) issued yesterday, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) announced the completion of the second group of the 81 highest-enrollment college courses. Available as open education resources (OER), these courses and their constituent materials are built for re-use and sharing, in and out of the classroom. Indeed, the Saylor […]

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Kathi Fletcher on #DigEdCon and Ed Tech

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Kathi Fletcher, a fellow with the Shuttleworth Foundation and presenter at #DigEdCon, shared her thoughts on the conference and on the wider questions of technology in education: “Notes from the Saylor Digital Education Conference April 2013” (16 April 2013), on: Kathi Fletcher’s Blog Shuttleworth Foundation Of note: [Michael Saylor] stressed that the goal of the […]

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Be the (face and voice of the) change you wish to see in the world…

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One of the first places I go on a website is the team page, if there is one. There’s something about seeing the faces, names, and quirks behind the site that kind of takes the strange off and kickstarts community. There’s nothing really surprising in that, of course. It’s why we invite you to share […]

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