To help students finish what they have started, colleges and universities are exploring new attendance models and retooling to the needs of the “new normal” learner. Low cost college credits from so-called “alternative credit providers” can furnish debt-free alternatives that supplement an institution’s own efforts to encourage timely degree completion. […]
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One of the recurring questions we get is whether we have a mobile app. Try out Saylor Academy on the Moodle Mobile app and let us know what you think! […]
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Fifty years ago, when UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) proclaimed the 8th of September International Literacy Day, 24% of youth between the ages of 15 and 24 could not read or write. A lot has been accomplished since then; according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, today that number is less than […]
Our discussion forums, based on the open-source Discourse software, got a quiet update today — we moved from version 1.5 to 1.6. A big thanks to John for quietly, quickly, and successfully making this happen earlier today! The major changes can be found at the Discourse project’s blog, here; highlights include stronger security, a new […]
We’d like to announce one recent change you might not have noticed but that many will be glad to see: the waiting period between attempts for regular certificate exams is now 7 days rather than 14 days. Why 7 days? Well, our resident political scientist set up a ranked-order* voting poll so that we could […]