Posted on March 10, 2024March 12, 2024Episode 157: Pending Changes to Inclusive Access Programs In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin summarize the current issues surrounding proposed changes to “inclusive access programs” for digital instructional materials and how this affects the affordability work of digital education professionals. TagsaccessaffordabilityBidencorporatecourse materialsdigital materialsfirst day accessinclusive accessOERopenPapua New GuineapartnerpublishersstudentstextbooksUS Department of EducationUS EDvendor Posted on July 20, 2020February 2, 2022Episode 70: Student Access to Digital Materials During COVID and Beyond In this episode, guest Cheryl Costantini from Cengage joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to speak about the importance of providing students with affordable access to digital course materials. This has proven especially critical during the COVID-19 era. Tagsaccessaffordabilitycengagecorporatecostantinicourse materialscovid-19digital materialsfirst day accessinclusive accesspartnerstudentsSurveytextbooksvendor Posted on July 1, 2019February 2, 2022Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students? About Episode 51: Textbook affordability is important to students, parents, policymakers, and online education professionals. Reducing the functional cost to students of course materials is a complex challenge. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss one multifaceted strategy for meeting this challenge. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 51 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via … Continue reading “Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students?” TagsaccessaffordabilityBlue Mountaincourse materialsequityfirst day accessJamaicalearningLibraryOERpolicypublishersstudentstextbooks
Posted on July 20, 2020February 2, 2022Episode 70: Student Access to Digital Materials During COVID and Beyond In this episode, guest Cheryl Costantini from Cengage joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to speak about the importance of providing students with affordable access to digital course materials. This has proven especially critical during the COVID-19 era. Tagsaccessaffordabilitycengagecorporatecostantinicourse materialscovid-19digital materialsfirst day accessinclusive accesspartnerstudentsSurveytextbooksvendor Posted on July 1, 2019February 2, 2022Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students? About Episode 51: Textbook affordability is important to students, parents, policymakers, and online education professionals. Reducing the functional cost to students of course materials is a complex challenge. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss one multifaceted strategy for meeting this challenge. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 51 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via … Continue reading “Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students?” TagsaccessaffordabilityBlue Mountaincourse materialsequityfirst day accessJamaicalearningLibraryOERpolicypublishersstudentstextbooks
Posted on July 1, 2019February 2, 2022Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students? About Episode 51: Textbook affordability is important to students, parents, policymakers, and online education professionals. Reducing the functional cost to students of course materials is a complex challenge. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss one multifaceted strategy for meeting this challenge. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 51 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via … Continue reading “Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students?” TagsaccessaffordabilityBlue Mountaincourse materialsequityfirst day accessJamaicalearningLibraryOERpolicypublishersstudentstextbooks