The 2012 Promise of Open Access Textbooks: A Model for Success
Florida Virtual Campus document with plan for open textbooks.
Very detailed, a great model for us.
"an organization dedicated to increasing student success and improving the affordability of education through the adoption of open educational resources"
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Biology
Introduction to Public Speaking/Speech Communication
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Economics (Micro & Macro)
College Algebra
English Composition I
English Composition II
US History I
US History II
Introduction to Computer Applications
College Literacy
College Success
Developmental Reading
Developmental Writing
Faculty from around the country are working together with Lumen to develop dozens of other Open Courses in time for Fall 2014 adoption.
Our Education Program focuses on expanding student access to higher education and opening avenues to academic success, particularly for those historically left out of the picture
New technology presents apparently limitless opportunities for interactivity and access to books, lectures, and libraries from anywhere in the world and is rapidly changing the traditional model of higher education.
We want to propel more low-income, first-generation, underrepresented students into two- and four-year institutions and ensure they have the skills and support to stay and graduate.
We seek to build the capacity of institutions whose primary missions are to serve low-income, underrepresented, underprepared, and first-generation college students.
We want to help institutions lower the cost of delivering an education while retaining or enhancing quality.
We most often award grants in collaboration with other funders and support established organizations.
South Africa is our sole international effort.
We look for groups of institutions or partnerships designed to broadly increase graduation rates.
We provide support for innovations in online education
The Education team is deeply engaged with the sector and makes every effort to be aware of emerging and ongoing initiatives with the potential to advance postsecondary attainment.