Cengage predicts that the use of OER -- free, adaptable educational course materials -- could triple over the next five years
The Hope and Hype of the Academic Innovation Center - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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"A 2015 survey found that a growing number of colleges were marrying their academic-technology units with their teaching and learning centers in hopes of igniting fundamental reforms across campus. A common mission for innovation centers, particularly at large public universities like Michigan State, is improving student success. That may include revamping large introductory courses, training professors in design thinking and active learning, and using analytics to improve retention and graduation rates."
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Cengage offers new OER-based product for general education courses - 1 views
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eady to “embrace the movement” -- adding their own services and technology to create “value-added digital solutions that help institutions use OER to its best advantage.”
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aking OER materials freely available online from sites such as OpenStax, Cengage has added its own assessments, content and technology to the materials, which will be delivered through an “intuitive, outcomes-based” platform that can be integrated into students’ learning management systems
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Data on student engagement with an LMS is a key to predicting retention - 2 views
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ata accounted for two of the 10 top predictors for the retention of first-year students. Sometimes it was the No. 1 predictor.
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