[Open-education] [OER-advocacy] Amazon Inspire

Mon Jun 27 18:11:51 UTC 2016

This is from an earlier report on Inspire
" Andrew Joseph, who was the cofounder of TenMarks and is now VP of 
strategic relations for Amazon Education, described Inspire during a 
session entitled “Transitioning to OER.”"
"“We’ve made a commitment that we will never charge for this,” 
Joseph said in his presentation."

https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/11/amazon-eyes-up-education-plans-a-free-platform-for-learning-materials/ 

I *think* the current access restriction is because service is still in 
beta.

Phil.

On 27/06/16 18:50, William Mckee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is this even free? Access is restricted which is a barrier. I hope 
> this will be open for all and  not just teachers. There is no mention 
> of licences. I assume everything is ccby or ccbysa.
>
> Cheers,
> William
>
> On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Paul Bacsich Sero <paul.bacsich at sero.co.uk 
> <mailto:paul.bacsich at sero.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     hi all
>
>     NEW York Times reports:
>
>     Just ahead of the back-to-school season,Amazon
>     <http://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/amazoncom-inc?inline=nyt-org>is
>     making a major foray into the education technology market for
>     primary and secondary schools, a territory that Apple, Google and
>     Microsoft have heavily staked out.
>
>     On Monday morning, Amazon said that it would introduce an online
>     marketplace with tens of thousands of free lesson plans,
>     worksheets and other instructional materials for teachers in late
>     August or early September.
>
>     Called Amazon Inspire <https://www.amazoninspire.com/access>, the
>     education site has features that may seem quite familiar to
>     frequent Amazon shoppers. Search bar at the top of the page?
>     Check. User reviews? Check. Star ratings for each product? Check.
>
>     ....
>
>     Amazon is joining other tech industry giants in an enormous push
>     to expand the use of technology in the public schools.
>
>     *From:* Layla Bonnot
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>     *Sent:* Monday, June 27, 2016 2:46 PM
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>     *Subject:* [OER-advocacy] Amazon Inspire
>     The public launch was this morning at ISTE
>     http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/technology/amazon-unveils-online-education-service-for-teachers.html
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