…Two of the most common complaints about OER are that there’s not a text available for every subject and that homework assignments and other accompanying materials for OER are not…
READ MORE…2008 Snapshot”, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2008, http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Corporate%20Initiatives%20Snapshot.pdf or http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2008/09/reportsstudies1950/?pa=B56F3A15 [7] Ibid. [8] Canadian Student Marketing promotional material. [9] Beverage Marketing Association figures http://www.bottledwater.org/public/statistics_main.htm [10] Beverage Marketing Association figures,…
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READ MORE…often have trouble obtaining employment after graduation commensurate with their interests and their scholarly and research excellence. Thankfully, vibrant community-university partnerships can offer some small but sensible solutions to community…
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…materials than many libraries could purchase on an individual basis. The emergence of open access publishing, which allows researchers to make their research openly and freely available on the Internet,…
READ MORE…represented, its meetings were open, and the committee consulted widely before reporting. When the Ad hoc Committee finally reported in 2015, the university community seemed content with the results and…
READ MORE…them fail in this attempt: U.S. community college students’ three-year completion rate of two-year degrees is about 25%, and institutions with single digit success rates (6%, 8%) are fairly common….
READ MORE…every hand shoots up. Wikipedia offers free and reliable information instantly. So why do teachers almost universally distrust it? Wikipedia has community-enforced policies on neutrality, reliability and notability. This means…
READ MOREThe modern era of Freedom of Information (FOI) in Ontario began when the Williams Commission on Freedom of Information and Individual Privacy was appointed in March, 1977. The three-volume set…
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