H.R.1464 - Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009

To require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009 as introduced.

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07/19/10
Who's The GOAT? Baseball's Greatest, Volume 6 « Cheap.Seats.Please.

.346 Avg. 101 HR, 1464 RBI, .411 OBP, 2596 Hits, 1599 Runs, 455 SB. - 0 Gold Gloves, 0 World Series, 0 MVP, 0 ROY, 2 Batting Titles, 0 Triple Crown, 2 HR Titles, 0 All-Star Game (Presumptive 10 awarded). One of the first premier power ...

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01/20/10
Great cats and rare canids act

US Congress: HR 1464, The Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007. ... The Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 (S. 1033) · The Great Cats ...Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ...

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01/01/10
Open access in 2009 (SPARC)

Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced a similar bill in the House (Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks, or LOW COST, HR 1464). California became the first state to approve OA textbooks for use in public high schools. ...

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10/06/09
Solving The College Cost Problem

While the souring economy has left many industries struggling, that's just not the case for private education lenders and textbook publishers. The desolate job market has spurred an ongoing spike in college enrollment and -- with ...

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08/05/09
Philosophy of Science Portal: E-books for college

The House of Representatives is considering a bill (H.R. 1464) that would require federal agencies to help develop free chemistry, physics, and math college textbooks that students could download from the Web. ...

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06/14/09
Feds Add Atlantic Salmon in Three More Maine Rivers to Endangered ...

He cosponsored and voted for H.R. 1464, the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007, which provides grants for projects that protect rare wild cat and dog species, including lions, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and gray wolves. ...

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06/05/09
Low Cost Textbook Bill « Community College Consortium for Open ...

Keep track of a bill in Congress, H.R. 1464, to require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes. ...

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06/04/09
Flat World Knowledge and U.S. Gov't on Open Access Course ...

The sand is really starting to shift under the traditional textbook providers as the open course content movement shows signs of, well, movement. Already this.

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06/02/09
H.R.2710: Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and ...

H.R.1464 Learning Opportunitie... 1 · H.R.1431 No Cost Stimulus Act ... 1 · H.R.1337 America's Energy Secu... 1 · H.R.1536 To authorize the Secr... 1 · H.R.1053 Chesapeake Bay Accoun. ...

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05/25/09
I tried to think of a clever acronym for this post, but it was too ...

So I wandered off on a bit of a tangent at work today (just for a couple of minutes, I wasn’t squandering your tax dollars or anything). It started when I was trying to find some information about a bill someone mentioned in an email. ...

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05/08/09
Blogroll » Links for 2009-05-08 [del.icio.us]

I recently reported on HR 1464, which was a great first start, but on reflection could be improved significantly. I've had some opportunities to think about what the “perfect” open textbook bill would look like, so I thought I'd share ...

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04/21/09
20million for dog and cat conservation in other countries - U.S. ...

The House of Representatives passed the bill (H.R. 1464) by a vote of 294-119 on May 20, 2008. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved it on September 17, 2008, by unanimous voice vote. ...

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04/20/09
Former Masters champion Couples looking for a challenge in South Korea

... hbf30 H.R. 1464: Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009 (GovTrack.us); arielbravy RT @Quiverymoments: By giving up our requirements of others, we open to the love that already connects ...

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04/14/09
Federal OER Legislation

David Wiley is reporting on his blog about a new piece of US legislation, HR 1464. The bill would mandate that federal agencies which spend more than $10 million on science education spend 2% of their budget on the development of ...

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04/04/09
Mettere un corso online

Nell’ambito delle mie attività - diciamo - istituzionali mi è stato chiesto di scrivere un breve testo su cosa significhi “mettere un corso online”. Poiché il tema può rientrare fra le considerazioni sulla “scuola che vorrei

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04/02/09
General Global Week in Review 3 Apr 09 from IP Think Tank (IP ...

H.R. 1464 – 'open educational resources bill' (Creative Commons). US Trade Marks – Decisions. Court of Appeal for Second Circuit forbids Consist Software Solutions from prosecuting trade mark claims over soured business agreement with ...

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04/02/09
General Global Week in Review 3 Apr 09 from IP Think Tank (IP ...

H.R. 1464 – 'open educational resources bill' (Creative Commons). US Trade Marks – Decisions. Court of Appeal for Second Circuit forbids Consist Software Solutions from prosecuting trade mark claims over soured business agreement with ...

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04/02/09
General Global Week in Review 3 Apr 09 from IP Think Tank (IP ...

H.R. 1464 – ‘open educational resources bill’ (Creative Commons). US Trade Marks – Decisions. Court of Appeal for Second Circuit forbids Consist Software Solutions from prosecuting trade mark claims over soured business agreement with .

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03/31/09
Contra NC - Mostly

In this response I sample from Stephen’s latest contribution to our conversation about the noncommercial clause of CC licenses, Open Content, Enclosure and Conversion, simply because a complete line-by-line response would take too long. ...

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03/29/09
H.R. 1464 — The “OER Bill” | Educationload.com

The open educational resources movement has been picking up steam lately, even attracting the attention of legislators. What's hot in the new Persian year.

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03/29/09
A. Kipta's Blog: FindSounds - audio file search engine

The “OER Bill” - David Wiley is reporting on his blog about a new piece of U.S. legislation, H.R. 1464. The bill would mandate that federal agencies which spend more than $... 2 days ago ...

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03/29/09
Isotype» Blog Archive » H.R. 1464 — The “OER Bill”

H.R. 1464 — The “OER Bill”. The open educational resources movement has been picking up steam lately, even attracting the attention of legislators. What’s hot in the new Persian year (aka the start of spring) is the recently introduced

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03/29/09
H.R. 1464 — The “OER Bill” | Digital Asset Management

Jane Park, March 27th, 2009 The open educational resources movement has been picking up steam lately, even attracting the attention of legislators.

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03/28/09
A. Kipta's Blog: Edublogs.tv - YouTube-like videos via Edublogs

The “OER Bill” - David Wiley is reporting on his blog about a new piece of U.S. legislation, H.R. 1464. The bill would mandate that federal agencies which spend more than $... 1 day ago ...

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03/27/09
A. Kipta's Blog: ListMixer - a "waiting room" for bookmarks

The “OER Bill” - David Wiley is reporting on his blog about a new piece of U.S. legislation, H.R. 1464. The bill would mandate that federal agencies which spend more than $... 15 hours ago ...

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03/27/09
Peter Suber, Open Access News

Bill Foster (D-IL) has introduced LOW COST (Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks, HR 1464), a bill to "require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational ...

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03/27/09
A. Kipta's Blog: A jpg quiz for cell phone

The “OER Bill” - David Wiley is reporting on his blog about a new piece of U.S. legislation, H.R. 1464. The bill would mandate that federal agencies which spend more than $... 5 hours ago ...

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03/26/09
Links 27/03/2009: OSBC Comes to a Close

Ten ways to smooth the switch to Linux. Moving users to Linux can be tricky, but Jack Wallen has some practical measures that should ease the transition. Sheer economics are making the use of the Linux operating system increasingly ...

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03/26/09
The “OER Bill”

David Wiley is reporting on his blog about a new piece of US legislation, HR 1464. The bill would mandate that federal agencies which spend more than $10 million on science education spend 2% of their budget on the development of ...

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03/26/09
Student Government Association: Education is a Right!

We also asked them to vote for H.R. 1464, which encourages federal agencies to assist in the development of free, open source educational materials in the fields of chemistry, math and physics. Thanks to our efforts, Senator Lipinski ...

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