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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
  
  
• 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.