#OER17: OER & Politics in the United States
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Open Policy Network: Seeking Community Input
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- 1. @txtbks OER & POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES Nicole Allen, SPARC April 6, 2017 • #OER17 • London, UK
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- 6. @txtbks $2 billion grant program for workforce training that requires CCBY license for all resources created
- 7. @txtbks There is a growing body of evidence that the use of open education resources improves the quality of teaching and learning…The United States is committed to open education…”
- 8. @txtbks
- 9. @txtbks “…the United States will openly license more Federal grant supported education materials and resources, making them widely and freely available.”
- 10. @txtbks Department of Education wide policy requiring open licensing of grant funded works
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- 13. @txtbks CC BY licensed MOOCS on American English funded by the Department of State
- 14. @txtbks congress
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- 16. @txtbks Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95)
- 18. @txtbks OER Legislation Since 2015
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- https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/11/03/2015-27930/open-licensing-requirement-for-direct-grant-programs
- http://sparcopen.org/news/2015/u-s-education-department-proposes-open-licensing-policy-as-part-of-goopen-campaign/ http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-launches-campaign-encourage-schools-goopen-educational-resources http://sparcopen.org/news/2015/open-education-community-responds-to-ed-open-licensing-policy/
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- http://blog.ndus.edu/3011/o-e-r-initiative-noted-as-success/#sthash.uGbWIycy.dpbs
- http://www.innovate.ri.gov/opentextbook
- http://www.schools.utah.gov/CURR/science/OER.aspx Research documenting increase in student test scores: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0013189X14550275