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
From Katie Steen (SPARC) | Volume 47 | December 22nd, 2017 With updates from Ethan Senack THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders OPENING THE TEXTBOOK: A new report by the Babson Survey Research Group found that OER awareness and adoption are on the rise. Babson surveyed more than … More OER Digest – December 22nd, 2017
From Saman Azimi and Kaitlyn Vitez, US PIRG | Volume 46 | December 7th, 2017 With updates from Ethan Senack, Katie Steen, and Nicole Allen THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders STUDENTS SPEAK UP: A new report details student impressions of courses that switched to OER at Reynolds … More OER Digest – December 7th, 2017
From Ethan Senack, Creative Commons USA | Volume 45 | November 22, 2017 With updates from Brady Yano THE OER DIGEST Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders SIGNING OFF (from Digest co-author Brady Yano): I’m sad to share that this will be the last OER Digest I contribute to in my … More OER Digest – November 22, 2017
