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Robin Ashford

@rashford

Digital Learning Librarian, Assistant Professor – Emerging Technologies, #Edtech #DigitalFluency #Adjunct #LifelongLearner #OpenTextbooks #OER

 Portland, Oregon, USA
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Joined October 2007
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Want to watch 6 disinfo operations unfold in 6 minutes? Thanks to a @Mozilla Open Source Support grant, I’ve done just that with network visualization and documented some interesting patterns on Medium medium.com/@alexa.pavliuc/wa… 1/
Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes

Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes

Here’s a bird’s eye view of six state-backed information operations on Twitter, and how they evolved over the last decade. This research…

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Congrats, wonderful to see the support of your administration. They clearly understand the value #OER and your work provides to UTA students, keep up the great work!
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Nicole Allen@txtbks1 Oct 2019
ICYMI yesterday @SPARC_NA released our Connect OER annual report! Check it out for insights about #OER activities on campuses across North America. (Kudos to author @MoNyamweya!) 👇👇👇
SPARC (@SPARC_NA) profile pictureSPARC@SPARC_NA30 Sep 2019
Hot off the press! SPARC’s 2018-2019 #ConnectOER report has landed. Catch up on the state of #OER at North American institutions: sparcopen.org/news/2019/spar…
SPARC Releases Connect OER Annual Report for 2018-2019 - SPARC

SPARC Releases Connect OER Annual Report for 2018-2019 - SPARC

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Excellent piece, congrats! -Sharing this with our marketing librarian who is working on a post about similar milestone from our #textbookaffordability #OER and library #ebook program -thx for sharing the post, Steven!
steven bell (@blendedlib) profile picturesteven bell@blendedlib29 Aug 2019
Two digital scholarship programs help Temple throw the book at big textbook expenses #OER news.temple.edu/news/2019-08…
Two digital scholarship programs help Temple throw the book at big textbook expenses

Two digital scholarship programs help Temple throw the book at big textbook expenses

Temple’s Textbook Affordability Project and the newly established North Broad Press are encouraging faculty to give their students access to open educational resources.

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@FastCompany21 Aug 2019
Facebook has coffee shops now. It’s only the beginning of the branded city of the future f-st.co/W4e0zF7 Presented by @SAP
Facebook has coffee shops now. It's only the beginning of the branded city of the future

Facebook has coffee shops now. It's only the beginning of the branded city of the future

Free coffee, loaner bikes, and public events: These are some of the amenities that tech brands and banks offer at a new generation of retail spaces.

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OpenStax@OpenStax25 Jul 2019
We believe that students' needs should come first. New inclusive access programs claim to do just that, but many in the higher education community have voiced concerns. Our managing director wrote a great piece on inclusive access. You can read it here - bit.ly/32JCs86
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Excellent, sent the 4th edition link on to psychology faculty who reviewed and adopted your 3rd edition-thx!
Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani (@profjhangiani) profile pictureDr. Rajiv Jhangiani@profjhangiani1 Aug 2019
I am absolutely delighted to announce the publication of the fourth edition of Research Methods in Psychology, a comprehensive open textbook for research methods classes: kpu.pressbooks.pub/psychmeth… 1/8

Research Methods in Psychology

A comprehensive textbook for research methods classes. A peer-reviewed inter-institutional project.

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Nicole Allen@txtbks2 Aug 2019
This isn’t just about protecting student data. We need to question why publishers are collecting it in the first place, how much of it they retain, and what they plan to do with it. wsj.com/articles/pearson-hac… – at Half Moon Bay, CA
Pearson Hack Exposed Details on Thousands of U.S. Students

Pearson Hack Exposed Details on Thousands of U.S. Students

Pearson, the British maker of educational software, is warning school districts that a far-reaching data breach has exposed details on thousands of students, chiefly in the U.S.

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Have to agree with comment by @Williambadke in this case, especially his last sentence: “If you want to consult with the people who...talk to your academic librarians.” #digitalliteracy #digitalfluency #librarians #highereducation
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EDUCAUSE (@educause) profile pictureEDUCAUSE@educause3 May 2019
Just because students own digital devices does not mean that they've developed digital literacy er.educause.edu/blogs/2019/4… #StudentSuccess
When Bringing Your Own Device Isn’t Enough: Identifying What Digital Literacy Initiatives Really...

When Bringing Your Own Device Isn’t Enough: Identifying What Digital Literacy Initiatives Really...

Device ownership alone doesn’t make people digitally literate; rather, digital literacy is about how and why they use devices to achieve particular go

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Nicole Allen@txtbks3 May 2019
Excellent piece on the implications for #highered if Cengage and McGraw Hill merge. @EdSurge @jryoung edsurge.com/news/2019-05-03-…
How Merger of Two Textbook Giants Could Impact Course Materials

How Merger of Two Textbook Giants Could Impact Course Materials

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"Yes, I'm still an advocate for experimentation with technologies that can enhance the student experience. However, there's a cautiousness that's been creeping into my consciousness." (could have written that myself)
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SPARC@SPARC_NA2 May 2019
More on the proposed Cengage/McGraw-Hill merger by @JillianBerman at @MarketWatch. Our @txtbks says: "The textbook market is already highly concentrated and this just puts it into fewer hands." marketwatch.com/story/mcgraw…

What the McGraw-Hill, Cengage merger means for textbook prices

The textbook market is already dominated by only five players, and consumer advocates worry further concentration could be bad news for students.

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.@EBSCO Quick question re EBSCO ebooks, how long is temporary in this case? Does it reset in 24hrs? -Thx From your page: "If you have reached your printing limit, the option to print or save eBook pages will be temporarily unavailable." connect.ebsco.com/s/article/…
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I just heard from a librarian that it resets in 30 minutes, which is great! Can you confirm that? Is it stated in writing on any of your pages? -thanks, appreciate your help.
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Nicole Allen@txtbks1 May 2019
I'm worried about what a @MHEducation & @CengageLearning merger means for textbook prices, but even more worried what it means for student data... wsj.com/articles/mcgraw-hill…
McGraw-Hill to Merge With Rival Textbook Publisher

McGraw-Hill to Merge With Rival Textbook Publisher

McGraw-Hill and Cengage plan to merge in a deal that would create the second-largest provider of college textbooks and other higher-education materials in the country.

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How would you punish Facebook and reclaim your digital privacy? Whistleblowers, experts and researchers shared their best ideas with @cwarzel. nyti.ms/2GLwvxu
Opinion | How to Take Back Control From Facebook (Published 2019)

Opinion | How to Take Back Control From Facebook (Published 2019)

Tech companies aren’t too big and powerful to be punished or regulated.

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Anyone from @EdSurge or #OER community able to tell me if this comparison of course platforms is up to date and accurate? Have a faculty member asking about CogBooks and am talking to them about @lumenLearning edsurge.com/product-reviews/…
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Brown’s open curriculum is meant to let students explore. But some low-income students avoided courses with expensive books, or took such courses and made do without them. chroni.cl/2X3J9OL
Low-Income Students Told Brown U. That Textbook Prices Limited Their Choices. Here’s What the...

Low-Income Students Told Brown U. That Textbook Prices Limited Their Choices. Here’s What the...

New college-affordability efforts have their roots in student activism.

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