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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ethan Senack</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esenack@pirg.org">esenack@pirg.org</a>></span><br>Date: 17 March 2016 at 20:41<br>Subject: [Open-education] [The OER Digest] State Goes Open, White House too<br>To: <a href="mailto:oerdigest@gmail.com">oerdigest@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
  
    
  
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    By Ethan Senack, Student PIRGs | Volume 9 | March 17th, 2016<br>
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      <div> <i>With the help of Nicole
          Allen, Doug Levin, Cable Green, and Nicole Finkbeiner</i><br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div align="center"><b>THE OER DIGEST</b><br>
        </div>
        <div align="center">Your tip sheet for U.S. OER updates,
          opportunities, and reminders<br>
        </div>
        <b><br>
          <br>
          STATE GOES OPEN:</b> As part of Open Education Week, the U.S.
        State Department posted a <a href="https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2016/03/11/celebrating-open-education-week-open-educational-resources" target="_blank">blog</a>
        on OER by Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of
        Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan, a high ranking
        official. The post includes a clear affirmation that “open” is
        more than just “free,” discusses the steps that the
        administration has taken to support OER, and what's coming up
        next.<br>
        <ul>
          <li>GREAT QUOTE: "Making more resources available is only the
            beginning."</li>
          <li>TO RETWEET: <a href="https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/708435436897759233" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/708435436897759233</a><br>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <br>
        <b>SOURCING SOFTWARE:</b> White House Chief Information Office
        Tony Scott published a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/03/09/leveraging-american-ingenuity-through-reusable-and-open-source-software" target="_blank">blog</a>
        last week on open source software, announcing a Federal Source
        Code Policy that they're opening for public comment. As part of
        the Second Open Government Partnership National Action Plan, the
        WH policy would "require new software developed specifically for
        or by the Federal Government to be made available for sharing
        and re-use across Federal agencies." <br>
        <ul>
          <li>SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS: <a href="https://sourcecode.cio.gov/" target="_blank">https://sourcecode.cio.gov/</a><br>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <br>
        <b><b>TO BE CLEAR: </b></b>From Doug Levin at EdTech
        Strategies, "Many of us have observed that recent media coverage
        of the U.S. Department of Education's GoOpen initiative has
        included some unfortunate inaccuracies in characterizing what it
        means for a resource to be 'open' as opposed to being free or
        digital." In response, a group of organizations have developed a
        basic fact sheet/FAQ on OER for K-12 educators. The FAQ
        (licensed CC BY) can be re-distributed to help clarify OER for
        educators, policymakers, members of the media, and other
        stakeholders. <a href="http://form.openeducationweek.org/resource/oer-for-k12-educators-faq/" target="_blank">See


          it here.</a><br>
        <b><br>
          CUSTOM STAX:</b> OpenStax, the open textbook publisher,
        announced a partnership with NACSCORP and Dover Publications to
        allow faculty members to customize OpenStax books. The platform
        will show faculty the print cost of the book in real-time as
        they add or remove pages and make additional changes. Students
        will then be able to purchase print versions of the book their
        their campus store. <a href="http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/555439.html" target="_blank">Read
          the press release.</a> And, if that weren't enough, OpenStax
        also just released a new Calculus textbook and a host of
        supplementary materials.<b><br>
          <br>
          SHARING IS CARING:</b> The American Federation of Teachers
        just relauched their lesson plan and teaching material sharing
        site <a href="https://sharemylesson.com/" target="_blank">sharemylesson.com</a>.
        The site has more than 900,000 registered users, and all
        submissions are either licensed as
        
        CC BY-NC-SA or
        
        CC BY-NC-ND. Originally launched by AFT and TES Global back in
        2012, the site just got a big, shiny, new update. <br>
        <br>
        <b>SPEAKING OF:</b> TES Global, the UK-based education company
        recently released <a href="http://www.tesglobal.com/teachertech2" target="_blank">a report</a>
        saying that 3 in 4 faculty report using OER more than textbooks
        in their classrooms. Without seeing the questions or the
        methodology, it's tough to interpret the extent to which 'open'
        was differentiated with 'free and online,' but in any case, the
        report shows significant growth of technology use in the
        classroom. <br>
        <b><br>
          IOL:</b> The Open Policy Network's newest class of fellows in
        the Institute for Open Leadership are meeting in South Africa
        right now. For severe scenic jealousy, check out some of the
        photos with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iol2" target="_blank">#IOL2.</a><br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div align="center"> *** Want your colleagues or friends to get
          the Digest? Send them this link: <a href="http://bit.ly/get-the-oer-digest" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/get-the-oer-digest" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/get-the-oer-digest</a><b>
            ***</b><br>
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        <b><br>
          <br>
          It's Thursday, March 17th</b>. It's officially March Madness,
        and as a UConn alum, I'm contractually obligated to mention that
        we've won 2 Men's and 3 Women's tournaments in the past 5 years.
        Tweet me any bracket tips @HigherEdPIRG. Don't forget to send
        tips, updates, opportunities, and feedback to <a href="mailto:esenack@pirg.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:esenack@pirg.org" target="_blank">esenack@pirg.org</a>. <br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div align="center"><b>OPEN CONNECTIONS</b><br>
        </div>
        <div align="center"> Conference, job, and other OER-related
          opportunities<br>
          <br>
          <div align="left"><b>CALL FOR PROPOSALS: BCCAMPUS</b> is
            hosting The Festival of Learning in the Vancouver area this
            coming June, and is looking for workshop proposals on open
            education and other edtech subjects. Proposals are due March
            21st. <a href="https://festival.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/" target="_blank">See


              the call></a><br>
          </div>
        </div>
        <br>
        <b>CALL FOR PROPOSALS: iNACOL</b> is hosting their Blended and
        Online Learning Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, this October.
        Proposals are due March 23rd. <a href="http://www.inacol.org/symposium/program-presenters/presentation-opportunities/" target="_blank">See


          the call></a><br>
        <br>
        <b>FELLOWSHIP:</b><b> CCSSO</b> is looking for an OER Fellow to
        
        conduct research, identify resources, and write original content
        for CCSSO’s OER Portal website. <a href="https://www.dcjobs.com/j/16775080" target="_blank">See the job
          description></a><br>
        <br>
        <b>JOBS: CREATIVE COMMONS</b> is looking to fill three
        positions; Director of Engineering, Communications Manager, and
        Development Manager. <a href="https://blog.creativecommons.org/2016/03/08/new-job-opportunities-at-creative-commons/" target="_blank">See


          the job descriptions></a><br>
        <br>
        Have an opportunity you want featured? Email it to <a href="mailto:esenack@pirg.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:esenack@pirg.org" target="_blank">esenack@pirg.org</a>.<br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div align="center"><b>STORIES FROM THE FIELD</b>:<br>
        </div>
        <div align="center">Brief snapshots from the ground level<br>
        </div>
        <br>
        <b>VIDEO BREAK:</b> Affordable Learning Georgia is out with a
        new video, called <i>I Am Affordable Learning Georgia</i>. The
        2-minute video features interviews with grantees about their
        work with OER. Here's a great quote: "They do contribute to
        building a greater sense of community between students and each
        other, as well as students and the professor, by showing
        students that professors actually care about them." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv2XwneeAaw" target="_blank">Watch the
          video></a><br>
        <br>
        <b>FROM ACROSS THE POND:</b> From the <a href="http://openscot.net/higher-education/university-of-edinburgh-approves-new-oer-policy/" target="_blank">Open


          Scotland</a> blog - "As part of its ongoing commitment to open
        education, the University of Edinburgh has recently approved a
        new <strong>Open Educational Resources Policy</strong>, that
        encourages staff and students to use, create and publish OERs to
        enhance the quality of the student experience. The University is
        committed to supporting open and sustainable learning and
        teaching practices by encouraging engagement with OER within the
        curriculum, and supporting the development of digital literacies
        for both staff and students in their use of OERs. <a href="http://open.ed.ac.uk/about/" target="_blank">Read the Policy></a>
        
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        <br>
        <br>
        <div align="center"><b>SYLLABUS:</b><br>
        </div>
        <div align="center">Interesting Reads on Education and Open<br>
          <b><br>
          </b><b> </b></div>
        <b> </b>
        
        <b>Who Owns Digital Learning Resources Funded by Taxpayers?</b>
        | Hal Plotkin<br>
        <a href="https://medium.com/@hplotkin/who-owns-digital-learning-resources-funded-by-taxpayers-543160cbf1f4#.71aiz0r6t" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@hplotkin/who-owns-digital-learning-resources-funded-by-taxpayers-543160cbf1f4#.71aiz0r6t</a><br>
        <br>
        <b>How to Go Textbook Free (the UMUC story) </b>| Campus
        Technology<br>
        <a href="https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2016/03/09/Textbook-Free.aspx?Page=1" target="_blank">https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2016/03/09/Textbook-Free.aspx?Page=1</a><br>
        <br>
        <b>The Textbook Challenge: Two Sides of the Debate</b> | The
        Pierce Pioneer<br>
        <a href="http://piercepioneernews.com/10113/campus/the-textbook-challenge-two-sides-of-a-debate/" target="_blank">http://piercepioneernews.com/10113/campus/the-textbook-challenge-two-sides-of-a-debate/</a><br>
        <br>
        <b>Print is NOT dead</b> | The Fullerton College Hornet<br>
        <a href="http://hornet.fullcoll.edu/print-is-not-dead/" target="_blank">http://hornet.fullcoll.edu/print-is-not-dead/</a><br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div align="center">Find archived volumes at
          <a href="http://studentpirgs.org/sp/oer-digest" target="_blank">http://studentpirgs.org/sp/oer-digest</a>.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Ethan Senack
Higher Education Advocate
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
<a href="http://www.uspirg.org" target="_blank">www.uspirg.org</a>
@HigherEdPIRG
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