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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
College Textbooks: Do You Get What You Pay For?
Open EducationThis piece originally appeared in The Huffington Post. The age-old expression "you get what you pay for" is often used to explain away the skyrocketing cost of textbooks. Sure, prices may top $200 per book and the value may drop to pennies by the end of the semester, but it's all to ensure ...
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Monday, September 21, 2015
How digital ‘tree of life’ embodies the potential of open science
Open Access · Open DataScientists have developed a comprehensive, open map of the relationships among all known life. The project illustrates how open-science principles and digital technology can bring together information to expand understanding of a complex subject.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Education Department Hires First Ever Open Education Advisor
Open EducationToday the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the hiring of the first ever open education adviser to lead a national effort to expand Open Educational Resources (OER) in K-12 schools. This announcement marks a critical step for ED and the Obama Administration toward leveraging OER as a ...
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Open Access in Latin America: A paragon for the rest of the world
Open AccessLatin America is one of the world’s most progressive regions in terms of open access and adoption of sustainable, cooperative models for disseminating research; models that ensure that researchers and citizens have access to the results of research conducted in their region. SciELO is a ...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Coalition Calls on White House to Open Up Taxpayer-Funded Educational Materials
Open Education
Today, a broad coalition of more than 90 organizations (update: now 109) representing the education, library, technology, public interest and legal communities released a letter calling on President Obama to open up educational materials created with federal taxpayer funds. Building on the ...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Coalition Letter to President Obama Calling for OER Policy Commitment
Open EducationMore than 100 organizations joined together to send this letter calling on President Obama to ensure that federally funded educational and training resources are made available to the public to freely use, share, and improve.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
SPARC Calls on White House to Open Up Access to Federally Funded Educational Resources
Open EducationToday, The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), along with a broad coalition of more than 85 education, library, technology, public interest, and legal organizations, called on the White House to take administrative action to ensure federally funded educational materials are
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Monday, August 3, 2015
Bill would require public access to taxpayer-funded research
Open AccessThe Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted in favor of a bill that would require publicly funded research to be made available online, for free, within a year of publication.
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