{"id":5852,"date":"2020-05-20T12:55:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T16:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2020-07-07T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T20:54:55","slug":"covid-19-free-learning-tech-mobile-internet-access-services-and-oer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/2020\/05\/20\/covid-19-free-learning-tech-mobile-internet-access-services-and-oer\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Free Learning Tech, Mobile\/Internet Access Services, and OER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.26&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In response to Higher education\u2019s increased need to access learning technology, open educational resources (OER), and access services (e.g. wireless, internet) due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many corporations and service providers are offering free or significantly discounted pricing for educators and students as they transition to remote education. EDUCAUSE, working with higher education institutions across the United States and abroad, maintains an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AtREaTOY74xqPsgz8No8GMtSvn-40Y3KFVOM9hixGRM\/edit#gid=0\"><strong>exhaustive list<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of these offerings.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to review the three tabs included in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AtREaTOY74xqPsgz8No8GMtSvn-40Y3KFVOM9hixGRM\/edit#gid=0\">this list<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Technology, OER, and Access Service Offerings. The DLI staff access and contribute to this growing list to enhance its usability and accuracy.\u00a0<strong>If you would like to add an organization, please email\u00a0dstellrecht@educause.edu\u00a0with a link to the relevant web page for higher education institutions to contact the organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We hope that bringing awareness to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AtREaTOY74xqPsgz8No8GMtSvn-40Y3KFVOM9hixGRM\/edit#gid=0\">this resource<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0helps you to more efficiently identify potential technologies, OER, and access services in support of your transition to remotely learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Be well,<\/p>\n<p>John<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Falchi, M.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director, Special Projects<\/p>\n<p>UNC System Office<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jjfalchi@northcarolina\">jjfalchi@northcarolina.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1975 alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"51\" style=\"float: left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative.png 800w, https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative-300x85.png 300w, https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative-768x218.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Higher education\u2019s increased need to access learning technology, open educational resources (OER), and access services (e.g. wireless, internet) due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many corporations and service providers are offering free or significantly discounted pricing for educators and students as they transition to remote education. EDUCAUSE, working with higher education institutions across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ACCESS TO FREE AND REDUCED-COST TECHNOLOGY, OER, AND ACCESS SERVICES FOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS<\/h4><p>In response to Higher education\u2019s increased need to access learning technology, open educational resources (OER), and access services (e.g. wireless, internet) due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many corporations and service providers are offering free or significantly discounted pricing for educators and students as they transition to remote education. 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The DLI staff access and contribute to this growing list to enhance its usability and accuracy.\u00a0<strong>If you would like to add an organization, please email\u00a0dstellrecht@educause.edu\u00a0with a link to the relevant web page for higher education institutions to contact the organization.<\/strong><\/p><p>We hope that bringing awareness to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AtREaTOY74xqPsgz8No8GMtSvn-40Y3KFVOM9hixGRM\/edit#gid=0\">this resource<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0helps you to more efficiently identify potential technologies, OER, and access services in support of your transition to remotely learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p><p>Be well,<\/p><p>John<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<strong>John Falchi, M.S.<\/strong><\/p><p>Director, Special Projects<\/p><p>UNC System Office<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:jjfalchi@northcarolina\">jjfalchi@northcarolina.edu<\/a><\/p><p><img class=\"wp-image-1975 alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative.png 800w, https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative-300x85.png 300w, https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2019\/07\/UNC-System-Digital-Learning-Initiative-768x218.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19resources","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5852"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6215,"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5852\/revisions\/6215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myapps.northcarolina.edu\/digitallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}