Positive open policy / OER news!
The US State Department's "FY 2015 E-Teacher Scholarship Program" requires
CC BY 4.0 on all grant courses and materials.
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275386
USD $2,500,000
Text excerpts from the two docs attached:
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*(1) final fy15 e teacher nofo*
- All courses will be licensed using open copyright guidelines through
the use of the Creative Commons Attribution License, version 4.0 or later
(CC BY), to ensure that this award will have a significant multiplier
effect, be cost-effective, and that it will encourage innovation in the
development of new learning materials. More information on participants and
regional groupings can be found in Section A.5) Participants and further
information on CC BY licenses is in Section A.4) Program Administration.
- The recipient organization will ensure all online courses are
available in the public domain through the use of the Creative Commons
Attribution License, version 4.0 or later. As a condition of signing an
E-Teacher Scholarship Program cooperative agreement, the recipient
organization will be required to license to the public all work (except for
computer software source code) created with the support of the cooperative
agreement and any subawards under an open copyright license, including
new content created using subaward funds, modifications made to
pre-existing,
subrecipient-owned content using subaward funds, and new works and
modifications made to pre-existing works commissioned from third parties
using subaward funds. An open copyright license allows subsequent users
to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the copyrighted work and requires
such users to attribute the work in the manner specified by the grantee.
Notice of the license shall be affixed to the work. For general information
on the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY), please visit http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>
- *note: CC BY does not "ensure all online courses are available in
the public domain" - I will contact the State Department and suggest they
correct this text to: "*
*The recipient organization will ensure all online courses are available to
the public through the use of the Creative Commons Attribution License,
version 4.0 or later." *
- 2. Technical Oversight Requirements:
- c. Determine the types of Open Educational Resources to be
implemented by the recipient.
- d. Approve all CC BY licensing in subawards providing online
courses.
- 3. Technical Oversight:
- b) Coordinate with ECA/A/L and Creative Commons to ensure courses and
materials are accessible under the designated Creative Commons
Attribution
License, version 4.0 or later.
- d) Oversee the research, development, and production of Open
Educational Resources (OER) for English language learning in response to
the articulated needs of ECA/A/L; coordinate and support the
deployment of these resources overseas, including the purchase
and shipment
of equipment, as necessary; and manage professional development
activities
to allow educators to use these products most effectively abroad.
- e) Draft and clear all public advertisements, newsletters, course
syllabi, handouts, course materials, webpage, and any OER materials
with ECA/A/L before dissemination to ensure proper identification
with the U.S. Department of State, including adherence to ECA/A/L
guidelines. Please see D.3e.1. Communications Guidance for ECA Grant
Recipients for further information.
*(2) fy15 e teacher pogi*
- The recipient and subrecipients will collaborate with ECA/A/L and
Creative Commons to license all online courses with a Creative Commons
Attribution License, version 4.0 or higher (CC BY) to ensure that this
award will have a significant multiplier effect, be cost-effective, and
that it will encourage innovation in the development of new learning
materials. As a condition of the E-Teacher Scholarship Program cooperative
agreement, the recipient organization will be required to license to the
public all work (except for computer software source code, discussed below)
created with the support of the cooperative agreement and any subawards
under the CC BY license. Work that must be licensed in this manner includes
new content created using subaward funds, modifications made to
pre-existing,
subrecipient-owned content using subaward funds, and new works and
modifications made to pre-existing works commissioned from third parties
using subaward funds. This license will allow subsequent users to copy,
distribute, transmit, and adapt the copyrighted work and will require such
users to attribute the work in the manner specified by the award recipient.
Notice of the license shall be affixed to the work. For general information
on CC BY, please visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. The
recipient may also contract with Creative Commons for services such as
technical assistance, implementation and on-going maintenance associated
with CC BY licensing.
- E-Teacher Scholarship Program—Open Educational Resources (OER)
At the direction of ECA/A/L, the recipient organization will create
openly accessible online English language teaching and learning tools which
may include, but are not limited to, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs),
webinars, communities of practice, digital libraries, and other virtual
methods of learning. Open educational resources (OER) are teaching,
learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have
been released under an intellectual property license that permits their
free use and re-purposing by others. OER includes full courses, course
materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any
other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.
OER may be enriched by utilizing E-Teacher alumni in roles such as a
facilitator of a webinar or as a contributor to a community of practice.
The recipient organization should be able to accommodate ECA/A/L’s
request for OERs as needed at any time throughout the cooperative
agreement. This flexibility is necessary for ECA/A/L to work with the
recipient to fill a critical need that may arise that could be addressed
through the use of an OER. OER should offer innovative ways to provide
additional e-learning opportunities.
- The proposal should address each of the four areas outlined above:
Global Online Courses, Regional and Country-specific Online Course
Offerings, Data Management, and Open Educational Resources.
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A special thanks to CC and CC US staff who helped advise the US State
Department on model open policy language.
Cable
*PS - please tweet: US State Dept E-Teacher Scholarship Program requires
@CreativeCommons CC BY 4.0 on grant materials: http://ow.ly/Luv3e
<http://ow.ly/Luv3e> #OER #openpolicy*
Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
@cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen>
http://creativecommons.org/education
*reuse, revise, remix, redistribute** & retain*
