March 3, 2011 - Sharing Open Educational Resources, State Projects
SETDA, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and EducationCounsel hosted a webinar on February 22. 2011 showcasing state Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives across the country. The discussion featured state projects and discussions with nationally recognized experts about sharing high-quality open educational resources. Presenters included: Cable Green (Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges), Gary Lopez (Monterey Institute for Technology and Education) and SETDA's own Jeff Mao (Maine Learning Policy Technology Director). Access the webinar archive.
January 31, 2011 - Community College and Career Training Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Labor, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Education, will award approximately $500 million this year through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program and a total of $2 billion over the next four years. Grants will support the development and improvement of postsecondary programs of two years or less that use evidence-based or innovative strategies to prepare students for successful careers in growing and emerging industries. A primary focus of the program is on the development of online and technology-enabled open courses, content, and open educational resources (i.e., those licensed with a Creative Commons CC-BY license). Closing date: April 21, 2001. For more details and the complete RFP see: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm. SETDA also is pleased to share a program 
summary document and 
presentation.
December 1, 2010
Now available is the final report of the Digital Learning Council, 
Digital Learning Now released by the Foundation for Excellence in Education.
April 8, 2010 - Southern Region Education Board (SREB) Report: Online/Open Content
An Expectation of Sharing: To realize the educational impact from the substantial investments SREB states have made (and will continue to make) in digital content, SREB recommends that electronic educational resources created with public funding be licensed to provide as high a level of potential for sharing as possible, both within and outside the state. These guidelines can help state-level administrators and policy-makers (as funders of digital educational resource development) to establish policies, practices, statues and regulations, if needed, that increase the sharing of, and maximize returns on, their state’s investment in digital education resources.
April 21, 2010 - Overview of Open and Digital Content and the Textbook Adoption Process
Presented by National Association of State Textbook Administrators (NASTA) to SETDA members
Fundamentals of State Textbook Adoption
