In the midst of our announced changes yesterday, another big change was taking place behind the scenes: after a brief sojourn in lovely Arlington, Virginia, we are returning “home” to beautiful Washington, DC. This means little to those outside our offices besides the fact that our address has changed: Yesterday Today Saylor Academy 2200 Wilson […]
We want to share some great news out of San Antonio, Texas. Palo Alto College, part of the Alamo College family, has adopted an openly licensed textbook that was originally published as part of our Open Textbook Challenge. Professor John Dunn, who serves as Department Chair, informed us that a faculty review committee officially adopted […]
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Saylor Academy seeks experienced subject-matter experts to review its online, OER-based courseware. Peer reviewers are responsible for reading and evaluating courseware and providing feedback on courses’ overall rigor, quality, and cohesiveness through a provided comprehensive questionnaire. Because this feedback is essential to Saylor Academy’s success, an honorarium of $250 is awarded for each review. Requirements In order to […]
Seeking feedback on the work that you do as a learner is important. For one thing, it implies that you create your work with an expectation of sharing it, which has cognitive benefits (see #13, “15 Surprising Discoveries About Learning“). For another thing, it allows you to gather others’ perspectives, insights, and critiques toward improving your knowledge and […]
Earlier in the week, you may have noticed some… issues when connecting to our sites. Last Friday, I had updated our SSL certificates to new SHA2 certificates from Gandi. I went through the normal process to get a replacement certificate: specifying SHA2 in the CSR, grabbing the newly generated certificate and intermediate certificate, replacing them […]
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