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
- 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 #OER
#openpolicy