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Open Educational Resources - How states can create more open, collaborative, educational curriculum in public schools and universities—and in doing so, save students and schools money, provide better outcomes, and challenge state censorship.
Hal Plotkin Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Education (2009-2014); Senior Scholar, ISKME
Nicole Allen Director of Open Education, SPARC
Pete Davis Co-founder & Executive Director, The Democracy Policy Network (DPN)
Graceanne Hoback Student PIRGs Open Textbooks Coordinator, Student PIRGs; FSU PIRG Club President
0:09 - Introduction
1:30 - History of open educational resources
7:50 - What students are facing today
12:50 - How state policy can support OER
18:50 - OER improves democracy
23:00 - OER for K-12 education
24:55 - Practical policy implications
27:45 - Why we fight
PIRGs Open Textbooks - studentpirgs.org/resources/open-textbooks-guide
SPARC OER Policy Playbook - sparcopen.org/our-work/oer-state-policy-playbook
History on OER - medium.com/digital-diplomacy/the-day-people-centered-technology-died-6f007863c2c
GoOpen K-12 OER - sites.google.com/iskme.org/goopen-us/about
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
Open Educational Resources - How states can create more open, collaborative, educational curriculum in public schools and universities—and in doing so, save students and schools money, provide better outcomes, and challenge state censorship.
Hal Plotkin Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Education (2009-2014); Senior Scholar, ISKME
Nicole Allen Director of Open Education, SPARC
Pete Davis Co-founder & Executive Director, The Democracy Policy Network (DPN)
Graceanne Hoback Student PIRGs Open Textbooks Coordinator, Student PIRGs; FSU PIRG Club President
0:09 - Introduction
1:30 - History of open educational resources
7:50 - What students are facing today
12:50 - How state policy can support OER
18:50 - OER improves democracy
23:00 - OER for K-12 education
24:55 - Practical policy implications
27:45 - Why we fight
PIRGs Open Textbooks - studentpirgs.org/resources/open-textbooks-guide
SPARC OER Policy Playbook - sparcopen.org/our-work/oer-state-policy-playbook
History on OER - medium.com/digital-diplomacy/the-day-people-centered-technology-died-6f007863c2c
GoOpen K-12 OER - sites.google.com/iskme.org/goopen-us/about
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
