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State Department Publishes Open Licensing “Playbook” for Federal Agencies

Today the U.S. Department of State released the Federal Open Licensing Playbook, a list of considerations, use cases, and recommendations for federal departments interested in developing and implementing open license requirements on federally-funded grant projects. It is designed to assist federal efforts to maximize the impact of grant funds, and create opportunities for innovation and …Read More“State Department Publishes Open Licensing “Playbook” for Federal Agencies”

Education / OER

Open Practices and Policies for Research Data in the Marine Community

In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership. In our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. This week’s post is from Alessandro Sarretta from the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), part of the Italian National Research Council. 2016 …Read More“Open Practices and Policies for Research Data in the Marine Community”

Open data

Reporting back on the Institute for Open Leadership 2

FELLOWS’ UPDATES: Alessando Sarretta: Open Practices and Policies for Research Data in the Marine Community Jane Frances-Agbu: Pondering the Future of Open Education in Nigeria Roshan Kumar Karn: Building an Institutional Open Access Policy In Nepal Fiona MacAlister: Cultivating a Culture of Knowledge Sharing Juliana Monteiro: Creative Commons and Museu da Imigração: notes on a Brazilian experience Katja …Read More“Reporting back on the Institute for Open Leadership 2”

Open science

Children’s Investment Fund Foundation adopts open licensing policy

The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is a UK-based charity that “seeks to transform the lives of poor and vulnerable children in developing countries.” Yesterday the foundation announced its first Transparency Policy, which requires its grantees and consultants to widely disseminate resources they create under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY). We …Read More“Children’s Investment Fund Foundation adopts open licensing policy”

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Open licensing guide for foundation staff

Government funders are increasingly adopting open licensing policies for copyrightable works and data they create or commission. Over the last few years we’ve been excited to work with philanthropic foundations to implement similar open licensing policies for their grant-funded and in-house created works. Because there is a limit to the funds available to even the largest foundations, most …Read More“Open licensing guide for foundation staff”

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Obama administration should require sharing of federally funded educational resources under Creative Commons licenses

由Diego Cambiaso制作的White House，在CC by - sa许可下可用。今天，知识共享卡塔尔vs葡萄牙分析和教育、图书馆、技术、公共利益的广泛联盟，and legal organizations are calling upon the White House to take administrative action to ensure that federally funded educational materials are made available as Open Educational Resources (OER) for the public …Read More“Obama administration should require sharing of federally funded educational resources under Creative Commons licenses”

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Gates Foundation announces $20M for Next Generation Learning Challenges; CC BY required for grant materials

比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会宣布向“下一代学习挑战”项目投资2000万美元，该项目旨在通过技术提高大学的准备和完成度。第一份建议书今日公布(PDF格式)。The RFP specifically solicits proposals that address the following challenges: Increasing the use of blended learning models, which combine face-to-face instruction …Read More“Gates Foundation announces $20M for Next Generation Learning Challenges; CC BY required for grant materials”

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