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Your SMIRK Query Mobile Web

Your SMIRK Query Mobile Web | Everything open | Scoop.it

It is an information literacy and communication skills resource developed especially for use with tablets and smartphones. It is developed from SMILE, but has simplified content and structure. SMIRK is completely free for everyone to use and has no login.

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Mobile Authoring of Open Educational Resources(#OER) as Reusable Learning Objects (#mlearning)

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From Mobile Authoring of Open Educational Resources as Reusable Learning Objects, by Dr Kinshuk and Ryan Jesse, Athabasca University, Canada Authoring content in a mobile context do not typically p...
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OER and Devices | Inside Higher Ed

OER and Devices | Inside Higher Ed | Everything open | Scoop.it

I’m not above crowdsourcing solutions to very practical campus issues.

Wise and worldly readers, I’m having a hard time cracking the “devices” question for OER. I’m hoping someone out there has a reasonably elegant solution, or set of solutions.

Here’s the context, and some parameters of useful solutions:

Textbook costs have become a real stumbling block for many students. Especially in the sciences and certain social sciences, it’s not unusual for an introductory textbook to run two hundred dollars or more. For a student taking four or five classes, that adds up quickly. Since many of our students are struggling with daily expenses, they often try to get through the class without buying the book. That strategy usually ends in tears.


Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/oer-and-devices#ixzz2m32OEn3V
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