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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Hosted by SPARC, OpenCon 2016 to be held in Washington DC on November 12-14
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Capitol Hill Briefing Spotlights OER
Open EducationSPARC joined with allies CCSSO, SETDA and CoSN to host a briefing on Capitol Hill about Open Educational Resources (OER) today. The standing-room-only event educated Congressional staff about OER and how its use can help support student success across all levels of education. The briefing ...
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Monday, February 1, 2016
U.S. Labor Department Adopts Open Licensing Policy
Open EducationThe Department of Labor adopted a new rule requiring recipients of competitive grant funding to openly license resulting intellectual property for the public to use, share and build upon.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Archived Member Updates
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationUpdates on Open Access, Open Education, Open Data and Students prepared on a monthly basis.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
SPARC Innovator: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Friday, January 8, 2016
Reducing Textbook Cost to $0: Tidewater Community College
Open Education
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Department of Education Open Licensing Rule
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education requires that works created through competitive grants to be openly licensed and shared with the public so that everyone can benefit from taxpayer investments.
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