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April 11, 2012

Share of the Week

Share of the Week is the open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves.

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Michael Jones

I'm an open content enthusiast, teacher, and education advocate. I've been lucky enough to work in these fields for about ten years in the US, Thailand, and Cambodia. Learning makes me happy. Current project: Learning about web development; If there's a mistake on the site--or no site at all--it's probably my fault.

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Share of the Week

Share of the Week is the open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves. Creative Commons Love: Sergio_One on Flickr.com

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Education Linked to Disparity in Health… in the U.S.

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Jamaica Joins the Wave of Digitalization

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Free Trick to Boost Test Scores? Try a Dose of Failure!

Want a fool-proof way to boost test scores? Tell your students it’s okay if they fail. Tell them it is a natural part of learning, and that everyone fails sometimes. It may seem counter-intuitive, but studies show i...

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Nansen Dialouge Center Sets a Precedent for Integrated Education in Macedonia

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Angola on the Mission to Eradicate Illiteracy by 2025

In 2010 there were about 4.3 million students in Angola’s education system. In 2012, two years later, that number increased to 6.1 million. With an illiteracy index of 55 percent the situation in Angola is still facing di...

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Paywalls for News Sites: To Be, or Not to Be (Porous)

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