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Monday, October 22, 2018
SPARC’s Efforts to Help Design Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationAn important goal of this year’s theme for International Open Access Week is to encourage ongoing discussion about how we build equity into the foundation of systems for producing and distributing knowledge.
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Friday, October 12, 2018
$1 Billion in Savings through Open Educational Resources
Open EducationFive years ago we issued a challenge to the OER community to save students $1 billion by 2018. Today we announced that we did it!
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Monday, October 8, 2018
OER and Accessibility: Working Toward Inclusive Learning
Open EducationOrganizations in the open movement are making strides to make OER more inclusive and equitable and help advocates take actionable steps.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Congress Renews $5 Million Open Textbook Pilot For Second Year
Open Education
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Coalition of European Funders Announces “Plan S” to Require Full OA, Cap APCs, & Disallow Publication in Hybrid Journals
Open AccessA group of 10 European research funders, supported by the European Commission and the European Research Council released plans to mandate a move to full, immediate Open Access for all of their funded research articles by January 1, 2020.
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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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