News Incentives & Programs Coming for Open Educational Resources (OERs) | James Madison University Libraries

lkfitz's bookmarks 2018-05-01

Summary:

"To help jumpstart wider creation and use of these resources, CongressĀ  recently approved a $5 million new, competitive federal grant program to "create new open textbooks or expand their use." The Virginia General Assembly also just passed a law requiring public institutions of higher education in Virginia to "implement guidelines for the adoption and use of low-cost and no-cost open educational resources in courses.""

Link:

http://www.lib.jmu.edu/info/newsitem.aspx?id=1316

From feeds:

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Tags:

oa.new oa.oer oa.textbooks oa.legislation oa.usa.va oa.usa oa.government oa.funding oa.funders.public oa.books oa.funders

Date tagged:

05/01/2018, 10:54

Date published:

05/01/2018, 06:54