In just under the wire for us East Coasters, it’s the Monday Morning Digest — articles, apps, and other assorted things that grabbed our attention over the past week. Send links our way! Openly Licensed Educational Resources: Providing Equitable Access to Education for All Learners (WhiteHouse.gov blog) This post begins by quoting the United Nations Declaration […]
Release: Alternative Credit Project™
American Council on Education Unveils Alternative Credit Project Course Pool Saylor Academy Participating in Initiative to Help Nontraditional Learners Gain College Degrees and Credentials Washington, DC (Oct. 21, 2015) — The American Council on Education (ACE) today announced the pool of courses selected as part of ACE’s Alternative Credit Project™, a groundbreaking initiative to boost the […]
Monday Morning Digest
The Monday Morning Digest (or MMD, for short) is a collection of some of the news and opinion that caught our collective eyes over the past week. Sometimes whimsical, sometimes serious, always considered, we present these links for your entertainment and edification and everything between. ▸ Can Physics Be Taught Like Soccer? (Hechinger Report) Zhongzhou Chen, […]
Round Two of legacy course certificate reissues went out today
A big thanks to our friends and partners at Accredible for helping us in the second (and final!) batch re-issue of certificates for our legacy courses. If that first sentence makes virtually no sense at all to you, you’re surely not alone. Here is the gist: On August 26th, 2015, we shut down our old […]
Read More… from Round Two of legacy course certificate reissues went out today
Stuck? Try our updated Help Center
A while ago now, we said farewell to our regular page of frequently asked questions (“FAQ”), which now redirects to our Help Center. It’s easier to search and easier for us to include lots of rich content (images, especially), without overcrowding an FAQ page. We have added a bunch of new information about courses, exams, transcripts, college credit, […]