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Tag: California Community Colleges
Creative Commons Bootcamp for California Community Colleges
by Jennryn Wetzler Open EducationOpen Education Week offers a global festival of open education efforts. As we take stock of the offerings, it’s heartening to look at how individual efforts can feed into larger system’s change. In our Open Education Week 2023 blog post, we highlight community members’ approaches and tools, opening access to education and knowledge. Below, we…
California Community Colleges require Creative Commons Attribution for Chancellor’s Office Grants & Contracts
by Cable Green Copyright, Open EducationAt today’s meeting of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Board voted unanimously to require open licensing on publicly funded materials resulting from all Chancellor’s Office contracts and grants. Here are the key documents: Recommended Action at Board Meeting (CC BY required) – September 9-10, 2013 Press Release (CC BY required)…
A Brief Overview of U.S. Public Policy on OER from California's Community Colleges to the Obama Administration
by Jane Park UncategorizedThe Publius Project at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society offers a new essay on OER and public policy in the United States: A Brief Overview of U.S. Public Policy on OER from California’s Community Colleges to the Obama Administration . Written by Carolina Rossini and Erhardt Graeff, it does a great job of…
Bill Enabling Community Colleges to Establish OER Pilot Program is signed into law
by Jane Park UncategorizedLast week, a bill enabling the California Community Colleges to integrate open educational resources (OER) into its core curriculum was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger. AB 2261 authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges “to establish a pilot program to provide faculty and staff from community college districts around the state with…