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Nice. Now maybe they can free up some money for it. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Cable Green <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Thanks to Mike Smith for catching this... > > US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, gave a speech yesterday at the > USAID Global Education Summit: > http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/education-only-solution<http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/education-only-solution> > > There are two OER quotes in his speech: > > - *At the same time, the fast-evolving field of education > technology—from cloud computing to personal learning devices to Open > Education Resources like the Khan Academy, which my two young children > enjoy—has huge potential to transform education. > > * > - *Open Education Resources and other communication tools can help > improve and expand teacher training and professional development—a huge > opportunity in countries grappling with large teacher shortages and > under-educated teachers. * > > Well done US Department of Education! > > Cable > > -- > > > Cable Green, PhD > Director of Global Learning > Creative Commons > @cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen> > http://creativecommons.org/education > * reuse, revise, remix & redistribute* > -- Bryan Alexander, Ph.D. Senior Fellow National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Twitter: @BryanAlexander http://bryanalexander.org/