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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
  
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), an intergovernmental organization that “helps governments and institutions to expand the scope, scale and quality of learning,” has defined a policy on open educational resources (OER). In addition to recognizing the importance of OER for teaching, learning, and collaboration among institutions and governments, the Commonwealth of Learning states that it will “encourage and support governments and institutions to establish supportive policy frameworks to introduce practices relating to OER.” The policy specifies that COL will “release its own materials under the most feasible open licenses including the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license.”
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The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), an intergovernmental organization comprised of 54 member states. The overarching focus area for COL is “learning for development.” It aims to help its member nations—especially developing countries—use technology and develop new approaches to expand and approve learning at all levels.
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In its policy for open educational resources (OER), COL recognizes the importance of OER for teaching, learning, and collaboration among institutions and governments. COL states that it will “encourage and support governments and institutions to establish supportive policy frameworks to introduce practices relating to OER.” The policy further specifices that COL will “release its own materials under the most feasible open licenses including the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license.”
  
 
COL has also developed [http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=364 guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education].
 
COL has also developed [http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=364 guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education].

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The Commonwealth of Learning's OER policy specifies that COL will “release its own materials under the most feasible open licenses including the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license.”

Those organizations interested in adopting an open policy should start small, and work their way through the problems as they go. If you try to make your entire back catalog available, you’ll be lost. — Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning

Overview

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), an intergovernmental organization comprised of 54 member states. The overarching focus area for COL is “learning for development.” It aims to help its member nations—especially developing countries—use technology and develop new approaches to expand and approve learning at all levels.

In its policy for open educational resources (OER), COL recognizes the importance of OER for teaching, learning, and collaboration among institutions and governments. COL states that it will “encourage and support governments and institutions to establish supportive policy frameworks to introduce practices relating to OER.” The policy further specifices that COL will “release its own materials under the most feasible open licenses including the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license.”

COL has also developed guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education.

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