[Open-education] U.S. Secretary of Education promotes OER & hires new "Open Education Adviser"

Wed Sep 16 18:31:23 UTC 2015

Greetings Open Knowledge Education Friends:

Good news! Yesterday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced
<http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-announces-first-ever-adviser-expand-access-open-digital-resources-schools>
the
hiring of the first ever "Open Education Adviser" to lead a U.S. national
effort to expand OER in K-12 schools. Secretary Duncan made the
announcement during a bus tour stop in Illinois, where he highlighted a
school district’s successful implementation of OER. This video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqaPWn6QPxM&feature=youtu.be> tells the
story of how the district transitioned to OER. Their success, of course,
builds on other primary education OER wins in Poland
<http://oerpolicy.eu/polish-ministry-of-education-releases-an-open-primer-textbook/>,
the United Kingdom <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/44227> and
elsewhere.

For details - see CC's post: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/45984
/  (please retweet)
<https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/643940006818480129>

This announcement is an exciting milestone for the OER movement, and it’s
one of the most significant steps we’ve seen to date from the Obama
administration. Last month, a broad coalition of more than 100
organizations sent a letter <http://www.oerusa.org/> to the White
House calling for a broad open licensing policy for U.S. federally funded
educational materials. We hope to build on this momentum in the coming
months.

Please help us show the OER community’s appreciation for this announcement
by joining in on social media!

Hashtags: #ReadyforSuccess
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReadyForSuccess?src=hash> and #GoOpen
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoOpen?src=hash> and #OER
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/OER?src=hash>

Top government tweets to help promote:

   - https://twitter.com/OfficeofEdTech/status/643915003704143872
   - https://twitter.com/usedgov/status/643919726553337856

Here are posts by OER community members:

   - Creative Commons USA (FAQ): http://us.creativecommons.org/archives/1084
   - SPARC:
   http://www.sparc.arl.org/blog/education-department-hires-first-ever-open-education-advisor
   - New America: http://www.edcentral.org/williamsfieldoer/
   - U.S. PIRG:
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-senack/this-500-person-town-is-l_b_8141806.html
   - SETDA:
   http://www.setda.org/2015/09/16/oer-implementation-sparks-national-interest/
   - VCCS: http://edtech.vccs.edu/usdoe-hires-open-educator/

Most gratefully,

Cable

Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
@cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen>
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