SBCTC/Case study

Intended as a case study for international profiling on all of OERFs lists and home page / front page news link on WikiEducator.

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SBCTC is developing an international leadership role in promoting sustainable education futures. The Strategic Technology Plan for Washington State community and technical colleges is directed by the guiding principle to "cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to OER" and has specified "[w]herever possible, [to] eliminate published textbooks in favor of free, open, online materials" as a key action in building a system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools. Why has SBCTC prioritised OER in its strategy and how did you achieve this ground-breaking strategy? =====

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SBCTC recently adopted an open licensing policy for the competitive grants administered your State Board. What are the reasons underpinning your choice of the Creative Commons Attribution license as the default license? =====

SBCTC's open licensing policy states that:

"All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License … [and] applies to all funding sources (state, federal, foundation and/or other fund sources) …"

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SBCTC has launched the Open Course Library Project which aims to significantly reduce the cost of learning materials for the Washington State's top 81 high enrollment courses. Can you tell us a little more about this project and do you see opportunities for scaling the Open Course Library Project on an international scale? =====

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From your desk, what do you see to be the main advantages of joining the OER Foundation in supporting you to achieve your organisational objectives?
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