Students save while learning

This feature article in the Hewlett Foundation news shows how students at community colleges around the country have saved approximately $80,000 by using a single open textbook from Connexions. Collaborative Statistics has been adopted by eight colleges, and one high school and adoption continues to spread as more faculty and students hear about this book and the open education movement.

Siyavula jumping through hoops to teach lenses

Previously on the Connexions blog, we brought you an update on the Siyavula project and their Teachers' Weekend workshop, where teachers were trained to use Connexions to upload and share curriculum in South Africa. Among the activities was one that used hula-hoops to explain how organizations, communities and individuals can use Connexions lenses to select and highlight useful, relevant, and/or high-quality content. This picture illustrates how participants were able to use the hoops to physically group items in the "repository" to build their lenses.

Feedback from attendees indicated that the hula hoop explanation was powerful and memorable. No word yet on who won the hula hoop freestyle dance competition held after class. :)