The Saylor.org model
| Published | February 2012 |
| Series | Game changers: Education and information technologies Chapter Case Study 15, Pages 337-342 |
| Publisher | EDUCAUSE Publications |
| Editor | Oblinger, Diana. G. |
ABSTRACT
Saylor.org is an open-access online-learning platform that provides self-paced college-level courseware to the public free of charge. The site is funded and maintained by The Saylor Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution.For the past two years, we have focused on building a suite of 241 courses across twelve high-enrollment disciplines. We have recruited over two hundred instructors to design each of our areas of study and their constituent courses so that they are grounded in tried-and-true pedagogical experience; tied to clear, measurable learning outcomes; comprised of top-quality educational resources; and geared toward independent learners.
We believe that our open courseware project is game changing in its scalability: because our courses are designed to be autodidactic and self-paced and all course content is cost-free and open-access, we can serve any English-speaking learner in the world with Internet access and a desire to learn.
| Keywords | case study · challenges · higher learning · open courseware · research |
| Language | eng |
| ISSN | 978-1-933046-00-6 |
| Rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license © 2012 Jennifer Shoop |
| URL | http://www.educause.edu/Resources/GameChangersEducationandInform/CaseStudy15TheSaylororgModel/250632 |
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