From Ethan Senack, Creative Commons USA | Volume 57 | May 17th, 2018 With help from Nicole Allen and Camille Thomas THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders START SPREADING THE NEWS: Governor Cuomo of New York announced yesterday that an additional $8 million has been allocated … More OER Digest – May 17th, 2018
From Camille Thomas (SPARC) | Volume 56 | May 3rd, 2018 THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders NEW CO-AUTHOR: Hi! This is Camille Thomas. I am very excited to be SPARC’s first Open Education Fellow! I am the Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, … More OER DIGEST- May 3rd, 2018
From Kaitlyn Vitez (U.S. PIRG) | Volume 55 | April 19th, 2018 THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders BACK TO BACK TO BACK: April has been a packed month for conferences. The CC Summit (April 13-15) had more than 400 attendees from 64 countries. If you weren’t able … More OER DIGEST- April 19th, 2018
From Ethan Senack, Creative Commons USA | Volume 54 | April 5th, 2018 THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders STATE UPDATES: Legislation to create a Colorado OER Council within the state’s department of higher education has been introduced, and passed in the House there. The Council is … More OER Digest – April 5th, 2018
From Katie Steen (SPARC) | Volume 53 | March 23rd, 2018 With updates from Kaitlyn Vitez THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders VICTORY: In a landmark win for the OER community, the U.S. Congress included $5 million for an open textbook grant program in the FY18 federal appropriations … More OER Digest – March 22nd, 2018
From Saman Azimi and Kaitlyn Vitez, U.S. PIRG | Volume 52 | March 8th, 2018 With updates from Karen Vaites and Jeremy Smith THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders HAPPY #OEWEEK: from the OER Digest team! It’s been great to see the many events happening across the … More OER Digest- March 8th, 2018
From Ethan Senack, Creative Commons USA | Volume 51 | February 22nd, 2018 With updates from Nicole Allen THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders FROM THE DEPARTMENT: The Department of Education’s open licensing requirement for educational resources produced through competitive grants is now in full swing. Language is … More OER Digest – February 22, 2018
From Katie Steen (SPARC) | Volume 50 | February 8, 2018 With updates from Matt Ruen THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders WA STUDENTS HAVE SPOKEN: 10,000 students across Washington’s 34 community and technical college were asked about the affordability of course materials. The responses showed that an … More OER Digest – February 8th, 2018
From Saman Azimi and Kaitlyn Vitez, U.S. PIRG | Volume 49 | January 25th, 2018 With updates from Nicole Allen, Cheryl Cuillier, and Katie Steen THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders OPEN 101: U.S. PIRG released a new report titled “Open 101: An Action Plan for Affordable Textbooks,” … More OER Digest – January 25th, 2018
From Ethan Senack, Creative Commons USA | Volume 48 | January 11th, 2018 With updates from Nicole Allen, Cheryl Cuillier, and Karen Lauritsen THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders CHEERS TO 2018: As we kick off the new year, the Digest team just wants to express a quick … More OER Digest – January 11th, 2018
