Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Congress Renews $5 Million Open Textbook Pilot For Second Year
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
SPARC Welcomes 2018-2019 Open Education Leadership Fellows
Open EducationSPARC is pleased to welcome the 2018-2019 cohort for our Open Education Leadership Program, comprised of 24 fellows from SPARC member libraries across the U.S. and Canada.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Can OER Save Students $1 Billion?
Open EducationAs the Open Education Conference approaches this October, it’s time to look back and respond to the challenge we issued five years ago: has the OER movement saved students more than $1 billion?
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Congress Approves Career and Technical Education Bill Including OER Provisions
Open EducationCongress approved the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, including provisions supporting open educational resources as an allowable use of federal CTE funds.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Engaging Public Interest Stakeholders in Open Education
Open EducationCamille Thomas, Open Education Fellow, shares her plan to build awareness of open education among new groups of stakeholders.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Welcoming Mo Nyamweya as Open Education Coordinator
Open EducationSPARC is thrilled to welcome Mo Nyamweya to SPARC's Open Education team, where she will serve as Open Education Coordinator.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Marking Open Policy Milestones in the U.S. and Brazil
Open EducationToday marks the one year anniversary of the U.S. Department of Education’s open licensing rule taking effect. In this post, we provide an update on rule’s implementation, and celebrate recent news that Brazil has adopted a similar policy.
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
SPARC Expands Open Education Leadership Program Following Successful Pilot
Open EducationSPARC is officially launching our Open Education Leadership Program this fall, building on our successful pilot. We will begin accepting applications to enroll in the 2018-2019 cohort starting the week of April 23.
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