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Reflections on a Conversation about a US National Open Education Policy

Iterating Toward Openness

I recently attended one of the community meetings discussing whether or not a national open education policy is needed in the US. But here are my quick takeaways from the meeting I did attend: There will likely be an effort to create a national open education policy. No one knows what the purpose of such a policy would be.

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Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

Iterating Toward Openness

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. And that’s essentially where innovation stopped.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” And here’s what DeVos said when she spoke to the American Federation for Children’s National Policy Summit. Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.”