Ontario kids finding out tonight that @FordNation has decreased the amount of student loans they will receive. On the upside @Fordnation increased the housing allowance for MPP’s by 20% ”. https://t.co/kDWtA3NvPs https://t.co/yxRNGlLKY6 #OnPoli#WTF
Today, some students learned their #OSAP funding amounts for the upcoming year. Many will receive significantly less than they did last year, confirming students’ concern that recent OSAP changes will make it more difficult to afford #PSE in Ontario.
Job alert! We're looking for someone awesome to join the CC team as a Communications Manager. We're accepting resumes through July 7 https://t.co/Wr04Ucn77r
Everyone needs a little rest after COMPLETING A SPRINT! This amazing group of sprinters work will positively impact so many faculty and students! Let’s give a big round of applause to this incredible team!
#OER#OEP#OpenAtScale#OpenEducation#RRUMALAT@eCampusOntario#HigherEd
Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: Launch of online resource provides access to extensive digital content https://t.co/kg50Z8Xjib via @ryersonlibrary
Open education resources are likely to have a measurable effect on the promotion of human resources’ quality of OECD and non-OECD countries and the achievement of significant developmental outcomes, by Dimitrios Koumparoulis https://t.co/HtjsrK2rpV #OER
Important to remember that the one-sided Canadian Heritage study is NOT the copyright review mandated by the law. The copyright review report is coming from the Industry Committee, which conducted a far more credible and balanced process. https://t.co/ALUAcOX7qJ
Education sector spent over $1B in the last 3 years purchasing content for their libraries -- most produced for free by members of the academic community and sold back to us at exorbitant prices. The scholarly publishing business model is broken & very profitable #copyrightreview
This was so much fun! Incredibly creative ideas generated very quickly by the group. Glad to see so much interest in the pedagogical affordances of Open.
Everything you need to know about how one-sided the Heritage report is: “No witnesses expressed outright opposition to extending of the copyright term from 50 to 70 years after death.” Committee just ignored/never heard from contrary views. https://t.co/ALUAcOX7qJ
Exciting news: This past weekend, @eCampusOntario received a report of an #OER adoption that brings our total student savings to $3,047,123.35. @IrenequStewart at @StClairCollege replaced a $50 course resource with her own creation. Report an adoption: https://t.co/6HLh0h8vJt
The #ccsummit is getting started in Lisbon! We'll be up to the moment live tweeting @ccglobalsummit for the next few days, so follow along with us there!
So excited to be a part of @eCampusOntario and the ongoing Open at Scale work. Get plugged into the development of Nursing OER by visiting: https://t.co/LkWHXyfFDR and contact me @LindsayWoodside with any questions!