[Open-education] Canadian Tri-Province MOU on OER

Sat Mar 22 16:25:03 UTC 2014

OER Colleagues:

Thought you all will find this of interest.

Here in Canada there has been an effort underway for some time to generate
inter-provincial agreements around development and use of OER and open
textbooks.

The Premiers of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan (the three most
western provinces) have released a Memorandum of Understanding on Open
Education Resources<http://www.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?mediaId=f3d342c4-ab61-44a4-9f96-71ceb7810a5d&PN=Shared>,
which will see the three provinces work together to make higher education
more affordable by developing Open Education Resources within their
advanced education sectors.

While the statement of purpose in the MOU is rather general there will be
follow-on announcements that detail more specific commitments and funding.

Interesting model of collaboration and one I see a lot of potential for
others to adopt.

-- 
Paul Stacey
Associate Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
pstacey at creativecommons.org
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