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More evidence that there is a persistent gap between the desire by institutions and faculty to support student success and their awareness of the content, tools, and resources available to them. Intentional strategies that drive adoption and use are key to teaching and learning effectiveness. Want to know what this looks like for your content and customers? Let's start the conversation.

"Despite their prevalence, one of the major takeaways from this project is that textbook affordability programs may not be easily findable for library stakeholders. Even at the ARL libraries that have invested a considerable amount of financial and other resources into creating and maintaining textbook affordability programs, most programs did not have a proportional level of visibility on the library website." Discovery and awareness remain major barriers to the adoption of Open Education Resources (OERs) at ARL Libraries. Read more about OER adoption, textbook affordability, and supporting student success in this study from The Journal of Academic Librarianship. https://lnkd.in/epdBG-qp #OER #Affordability #StudentSucces #Equity

How do course materials and library resources impact student success? Find out in this paper based on three global surveys of librarians, faculty and students. https://ow.ly/nu5k50Qbk6Y #StudentSuccess #CourseMaterials#Leganto

1924 to 2024. What's the connection? I N T R O D U C I N G '24: Then and Now A digital research project that dives into the lives of UVM students 💚from 100 years ago 💛using the scrapbooks they left behind. Check out this short video to learn more. 🤓 And find even more at go.uvm.edu/1924. Stay tuned for Part 2! #UVMHistory #DigitalResearch #HistoricalScrapbooks #UniversityArchives #CampusMemories

We continue this struggle between engagement with new technology and the argument of losing basic skills, handwriting, reading real books, and being creative with our hands. All are worthy pursuits and should not be considered 'old technology'. I believe we are responsible as educators for teaching young people how to use new technology to enhance and benefit our existence, but not to subsume our whole existence. The argument of mobile phones being distracting may well be true, but we need to teach children how to develop focus and the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour because this technology will be available, and when will they be allowed to counter that distraction if we don't teach it? This technology is here to stay. It has some benefits, but it has some challenges. I fear that the governmental banning conversation will have unintended consequences that will be hard to reverse. We would not consider banning computers from the classroom, so why are we considering this as the solution to a computer in your pocket? How do we square this circle: access to new technology and innovation while teaching young minds the discipline of concentration? https://lnkd.in/eywpwEfb #edtech #educationpolicy #schoolleadership #headteacher #principal #educationreform

A recent study reveals a concerning trend in education: the majority of books being banned in school districts are written by authors of color. This raises important questions about diversity, equity, and inclusion in our educational institutions. We want to hear from you: How do you protect students’ #RightsToRead and ensure that they have access to a wide range of perspectives and voices in your school, classroom, or library? #DiverseBooks #UnitedAgainstBookBans https://lnkd.in/dtRf7G2r

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞! Passive screen time doesn’t promote development and is now clearly linked to the vocabulary gap. (https://t.ly/jWKAx) BUT, just as some toys promote cognitive, social and linguistic development better than others: some apps do too. No one is promoting getting rid of toys from early childhood - perhaps just choosing better ones. 𝘚𝘰… 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴…

Our book titled “Envisioning the Future of Education Through Design” is now available online; https://lnkd.in/g6mHRrdm The book; 📚 Demonstrates principles, methods, and applications for educational design. 📚 Identifies educational problems and issues that could be solved by design. 📚 Showcases best practices in implementing the applications of design in education. Two of my chapters are also accessible…

This! ⬇️ Screen time *can* be an unhealthy metric. Podcast, audibles, digital books are indeed ‘lumped in’. My son loves an audio book 📕 and I love the conversations that follow. 📲 What’s app falls under social media - sometimes I check my screen time in shock, only to realise that I’d been on a call with my mum & sisters, setting the world to right - connected through technology when we couldn’t be together geographically. The screen time conversation in nuanced. Use this post as a reminder to check in, what are you really up to? Is your screen time healthy, happy, purposeful? If not, what can you cut? What can you replace?

📚💻 Don't lump digital books with screen time! 🚫📺 Parents and educators often wonder if screen time should be something to avoid or limit, as children begin to use digital devices more and more in their everyday life. In a recent article, researchers have suggested that if it involves reading, then screen time is ok. Unlike passive screen use, reading e-books is an active engagement that boosts critical thinking and comprehension skills. Studies show it's more like traditional reading than mindless scrolling. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e2DMKydt 📖✨