Comments on: New federal education fund makes available $2 billion to create OER resources in community colleges https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/ Join us in building a more vibrant and usable global commons! Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: Federica Web Learning - Università degli Studi Napoli Federico II https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3444 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:10:56 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3444 It’s a very good news! As Federica’s teamwork we hope that this important committment to open access initiatives will mark a turning point in the dissemination of good practice, for those of us who work for the free dissemination of knowledge.

]]> By: Federica Web Learning - Università degli Studi Napoli Federico II https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-6844 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:10:56 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-6844 It’s a very good news! As Federica’s teamwork we hope that this important committment to open access initiatives will mark a turning point in the dissemination of good practice, for those of us who work for the free dissemination of knowledge.

]]> By: Abel Caine https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3443 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:58:42 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3443 This is excellent news which I hope will result in a significant increase in OER materials.

]]> By: Rob Abel https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3442 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:41:52 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3442 I’m very supportive of the program. However, it contains a fatal flaw in terms of achieving reusability. Reading the fine print of the solicitation you will find that the content format SCORM is required to be used. SCORM is a government controlled and regulated format from the Department of Defense that is way out of date for modern educational content. This program will be severely crippled with the requirement for SCORM. I’ve posted a long explanation of the problem and some of the alternatives that the education community have developed via IMS that should have been included in the solicitation on the IMS web site.

]]> By: Jay Brown https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3441 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:42:17 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3441 Two billion is a lot of dough!

Assuming the money is used wisely, this could be a better alternative for the first two years of college than going into debt just to attend a more prestigious university.

I hope the program will result in meaningful opportunities for authentic learning. I look forward to seeing how this program develops.

]]> By: Cable Green https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3440 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:22:43 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3440 Way to go Creative Commons! I just sent this note to Washington’s Community and Technical Colleges:

“This is VERY good news for our system (and is consistent with the SBCTC open policy) – as all 34 Colleges will have unrestricted, open access (legal rights to reuse, remix, revise and redistribute) to all $2 Billion worth of courses / programs produced with this grant.”

]]> By: Michele https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3439 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:03:31 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3439 An Associates Degree in Humanities and Social Sciences, no matter how intelligent you are, counts for nothing if differently abled and over 25 years old in Maryland. Employers would rather hire those with no knowledge beyond high school>(insiders secret). Too little experience to work in a hospital laundry. Too much experience to work as a retail associate or, a mental health setting. Almost all entry level jobs want more experience. Even if a receptionist position or whatever, even if your employment record of working in a recently outdated occupation, is excellent, you remain unemployed. In many jobs management changes yearly so who can give a reference? Answer: no one.

]]> By: Anil Prasad https://creativecommons.org/2011/01/20/u-s-department-of-labor-and-department-of-education-commit-2-billion-to-create-open-educational-resources-for-community-colleges-and-career-training-cc-by-required-for-grant-outputs/#comment-3438 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:31:37 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=26100#comment-3438 This is definitely a great move. The decision to use CC-BY license for learning materials will increase collaboration and ultimately the quality of and access to the leaning materials. CONGRATULATIONS!

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