[DG: Open Forum] Open Educational Resource Guide

[Sean Keesler]

This was sent in via email through the sakaiproject.org web site. I'm
passing it along here for all who might be interested.


Sean Keesler
Sakai Project Community Webmaster
sean.keesler at sakaiproject.org


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From: <dtk at dtkindler.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Subject: [Sakai project -- general info] Congratulations - in new OER Guide
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 David Kindler sent a message using the contact form at
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New OER Guide for Higher Education Leaders
An Open Educational Resources guide for higher education governance
officials written by long-time OER advocate Hal Plotkin has been released by
Creative Commons. Free to Learn: An Open Educational Resources Policy
Development Guidebook for Community College Governance Officials provides an
introduction to the basics of OER, an OER resource guide and insights from
OER providers and institutions who have implemented supportive OER policies.

“Open Educational Resources (OER) offer higher education governance leaders
a cost-efficient method of improving the quality of teaching and learning
while at the same time reducing costs imposed on students related to the
purchase of expensive commercial textbooks and learning materials,” says
Plotkin. “Higher education governance officials, particularly boards of
trustees and senior academic governance leaders, have a tremendous
opportunity to harness the advantages of OER for their institutions.”

A living version of this document, which you may iteratively improve, and a
PDF version available for download, can be found at
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Free_to_Learn_Guide.

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