New Textbook Liberation Fund Aims to Save College Students $1 Billion
lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-10-19
Summary:
"Skyepack LLC, an organization focused on the design and production of digital course materials as an alternative to the traditional textbooks ecosystem, today announced the launch of its Textbook Liberation Fund and its goal to save college students $1 billion."
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"Skyepack utilizes Open Educational Resources (OER), content the instructor has already created or plans to create, custom content created by the company and content licensed from third parties to develop custom alternative materials for specific courses as well as entire departments."