By Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
A new Textbook Liberation Fund offers grants for “faculty members or departments who want to transition their courses away from high-priced textbooks.” The $500,000 fund was launched today by Skyepack, the digital publishing platform for open educational resources (OER), with the goal of saving college students $1 billion. “We believe students deserve cost-effective and simple alternatives to the textbook ecosystem most of us are familiar with,” said Skyepack Chief Executive Officer Brady Kalb in a press release. “Getting your books or course required reading shouldn’t necessitate a student loan.”
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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=15066
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