Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
OER Awareness and Adoption on the Rise
Open EducationA new report from the Babson Survey Research Group provides fresh evidence that open educational resources (OER) have made significant gains in awareness and adoption over the last year.
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Monday, December 24, 2018
SPARC Applauds Congressional Passage of the OPEN Government Data Act
Open DataSPARC applauds Congressional passage of the OPEN Government Data Act, which requires federal agencies to publish government data in machine-readable and open formats and use open licenses.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
A New Method for Estimating OER Savings
Open EducationA new, nationally-representative study finds that students save $116.94 on average when assigned OER in place of traditional materials.
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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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