Introducing Hal Plotkin Senior Open Policy

Introducing. . . Hal Plotkin Senior Open Policy Fellow at Creative Commons USA hplotkin@Plotkin. com CC by 4. 0 Career Highlights • Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary, U. S. Department of Education under U. S. President Barack Obama (20092014) • Member and President, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Governing Board of Trustees (2003 -2014) • Proposed/enacted first Community College Board Policy on OER. • Helped oversee the design and implementation of the $2 billion Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training Grants (TAACCCT).

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Surging Global Demand 6. 7 percent of the world’s population has some type of post-secondary degree. But globally, the average number of years of schooling for people age 15+ = just 7. 76 years. Source: Harvard University and Asian Development Bank

The Demographic Bulge “To meet surging demand for postsecondary studies the world needs to open three new colleges serving 30, 000 students every week for the next 12 years. ” – Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

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White House issues directive supporting public access to publicly funded research

What does this mean for you?

An Experiment in Open Content “We don't know where this kind of experiment will lead but that's exactly why we ought to try it. ” President Barack Obama, 2009

K-12 OER Collaborative 11 States Building a New Future Together

Two Big Wildfire Ideas (that will rock our world) Open Flight Simulator-Like Assessments And Global Project-Based Learning Collaborations

We Know How to Do This

It’s Already Happening

Foldit Alternatives = Opportunities to Lead

The Best Protection for Freedom Protecting and Expanding the Freedom to Learn is the Best Possible Protection for Freedom Itself.

http: //creativecommons. org/choose/ Why Open Education Matters http: //profiles. open 4 us. org/taaccct/

Thank You Credit for Slides: Cable Green, Ph. D and Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons