Susan Patrick's presentation slides

1. Federal Stimulus American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and OER: An Update and Key Opportunities

6. Race to the Top – S&A Criteria RTTT features condition and planning criteria for each of RTTT's four core policy areas. The draft program's planning criteria generally offer states wide latitude, enabling interested applicants to strategically integrate OER into their proposals. Standards and Assessments Planning Criteria: States must propose a high quality plan to implement standards and aligned assessments tied to the NGA/CCSSO common core. Examples of possible Opportunities: Race to the Top applications might seek funding for developing and implementing curricular and professional development frameworks supporting common core standards and assessment implementation (i.e. using RTTT funding for the development of high quality curriculum, courses, and instructional materials)

7. Race to the Top – Overall Criteria RTTT's overall planning criteria includes a focus on strategies for project sustainability and multi-state collaboration. School Turn-Around Planning Criteria: State must propose a plan for building capacity to oversee and administer this grant, supporting success of participating LEAs, using economic/political capital to continue reforms, collaborate with other States , and coordinate with other education funding. Examples of possible OER Opportunities: Race to the Top applications might promote development of online learning resources that are open and sharable, such as professional development materials or courses, as a basis for multi-state collaboration , and as a cost efficiency strategy for demonstrating states’ abilities to continue proposed RTTT reforms that sustain after the funding cliff.

15. Messaging OER: Elevator Speech:

16. Learning Beyond Textbooks Better Content. Better Schools. Better Results.

23. “ The age of true personalization is now upon us.” - Nicholas Negroponte in Being Digital (1994)