James, As with much legislation, don't you think these and many details need to be worked oout later? Gene
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:53 PM, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > Will Open College Textbooks be funded even if they don't include self- > study assessments? There are alrady many Open College Textbooks that > don't, but who is even keeping a list of those that do? > > On Oct 9, 10:30 pm, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > A good news for OER from the website of Assistant Senate Majority Leader > > (USA) Dick Durbin : > > > > "Assistant Senate Majority Leader (USA) Dick Durbin(D-IL) today > introduced > > legislation designed to help students manage costs by making textbooks > > available to students, professors and the public for free on an > > easily-accessible website. This bill, known as the Open College Textbook > > Act, would create a competitive grant program for institutions of higher > > education, professors and organizations to create textbooks that can be > made > > available online and licensed under terms that grant the public the right > to > > access, customize and distribute the material, also known as “open > > textbooks”. > > > > See the full text athttp:// > durbin.senate.gov/showRelease.cfm?releaseId=318279 > > -- > > Warm regards > > > > Anil > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
