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| |OER Policy Title=H.F. 789 - Establishing the Open Educational Resource Council | | |OER Policy Title=H.F. 789 - Establishing the Open Educational Resource Council |
| |OER Policy URL=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0789.0.html&session=ls88 | | |OER Policy URL=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0789.0.html&session=ls88 |
− | |Description=A bill for an act | + | |Description=Policy Home page: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0789&ssn=0&y=2013 |
− | 1.2 relating to higher education; establishing the Open Educational Resource
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− | 1.3 Council; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
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− | 1.4 Statutes, chapter 135A.
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− | 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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− | 1.6 Section 1. [135A.27] OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE COUNCIL.
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− | 1.7 Subdivision 1. Digital open source resources. (a) For purposes of this section, the
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− | 1.8 following terms have the meanings given them.
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− | 1.9(b) "Digital open source resources" means educational materials that are:
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− | 1.10(1) digital;
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− | 1.11(2) modular;
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− | 1.12(3) encoded in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format or other appropriate
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− | 1.13 successor format;
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− | 1.14(4) designed to achieve operability on a range of platforms, including a range of
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− | 1.15 operating systems and platforms such as tablets and smartphones;
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− | 1.16(5) placed under a Creative Commons attribution license that allows individuals and
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− | 1.17 entities to use, distribute, and create derivative works while still allowing the author of
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− | 1.18 the textbook to receive credit for the author's work; and
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− | 1.19(6) in conformity with Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (United
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− | 1.20 States Code, Title 29, section 794d), as amended, and the latest version of the Web Content
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− | 1.21 Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium.
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− | 1.22(c) "Education materials" includes any material that is used by a faculty member
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− | 1.23 of an institution of higher education as course material, including but not limited to
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− | 2.1 textbooks, study guides, worksheets, journals, video, audio recordings, or massive open
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− | 2.2 online courses.
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− | 2.3 Subd. 2. Establishment of council; membership. (a) The Open Educational
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− | 2.4 Resource Council is established.
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− | 2.5(b) The council consists of the following 11 members:
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− | 2.6(1) three faculty members from the University of Minnesota, appointed by the
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− | 2.7 University of Minnesota faculty senate;
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− | 2.8(2) three faculty members from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities,
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− | 2.9 appointed by the inter faculty organization;
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− | 2.10(3) two faculty members from a state community college, appointed by the
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− | 2.11 Minnesota State College Faculty;
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− | 2.12(4) one faculty member from a state technical college, appointed by the Minnesota
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− | 2.13 State College Faculty; and
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− | 2.14(5) two faculty members from a Minnesota not-for-profit college or university,
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− | 2.15 appointed by the Minnesota Private College Council.
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− | 2.16(c) The director of the Office of Higher Education, or the director's designee,
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− | 2.17 serves as a nonvoting, ex officio member of the council and shall provide necessary and
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− | 2.18 appropriate administrative and technical support to the council.
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− | 2.19(d) The appointments under paragraph (b) must be made by November 1, 2013.
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− | 2.20(e) The council's membership terms, compensation, filling of vacancies, and removal
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− | 2.21of members are as provided in section 15.0575.
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− | 2.22(f) The council may employ an executive director and any other staff necessary to
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− | 2.23 carry out the council's functions.
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− | 2.24 Subd. 3. Duties. (a) The council is responsible for carrying out the following duties:
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− | 2.25(1) develop strategies to increase the use of digital open source resources;
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− | 2.26(2) develop a program that offers faculty of the University of Minnesota, Minnesota
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− | 2.27 State Colleges and Universities, and Minnesota not-for-profit colleges and universities the
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− | 2.28 necessary skills to implement the use of digital open source resources into their coursework;
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− | 2.29(3) develop, if possible, a working partnership with the University of Minnesota
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− | 2.30 open textbook catalog to increase access to digital open source resources;
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− | 2.31(4) locate digital open source resources for potential use by the University of
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− | 2.32 Minnesota open textbook catalog;
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− | 2.33(5) in partnership with the University of Minnesota open textbook catalog, create
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− | 2.34 and administer a standardized, rigorous review process for digital open source resources.
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− | 2.35 This process shall ensure that all digital open source resources have been tested and
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− | 2.36 validated as having met accessibility requirements for students with disabilities. Digital
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− | 3.1 open source resources and ancillary materials shall include documentation for students
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− | 3.2 with disabilities that describes available accessibility features;
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− | 3.3(6) develop and administer a Web site that allows individuals to search, learn about,
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− | 3.4 and access digital open source resources; and
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− | 3.5(7) regularly request and consider, from each of the respective statewide student
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− | 3.6 associations of the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State College Student
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− | 3.7 Association, the Minnesota State University Student Association, and the Minnesota
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− | 3.8 Association of Private College Students, advice and guidance on digital open source
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− | 3.9 textbooks, including guidance and advice on issues related to the format, accessibility, and
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− | 3.10 usability of digital open source textbooks.
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− | 3.11(b) Nothing in this section mandates that faculty use any digital open source textbook.
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− | 3.12 Subd. 4. Grants. The council may apply for, receive, and spend in the council's
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− | 3.13 own name grants and gifts of money consistent with the duties specified in this section.
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− | 3.14 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
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− | 3.15$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the director of the Office of Higher
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− | 3.16 Education to carry out the duties required under section 1. Of the amount appropriated
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− | 3.17 under this section, $....... may be used by the Office of Higher Education for administrative
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− | 3.18 purposes related to assisting the Open Educational Resource Council to carry out the
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− | 3.19 council's duties under section 1.
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| |Author=Dorholt ; Swedzinski ; Lien ; Winkler ; Brynaert ; Norton ; FitzSimmons | | |Author=Dorholt ; Swedzinski ; Lien ; Winkler ; Brynaert ; Norton ; FitzSimmons |
| |OER Policy Date=2013/02/21 | | |OER Policy Date=2013/02/21 |
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