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**Washington State Student Completion Initiative** = = **Open Course Library Project** Open education is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general and the web in particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and reuse knowledge. - Hewlett

**This project is the implementation of recommendations from the System Strategic Technology Plan.**

 * ====Guiding Principle #7: "We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources."====

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** Grants Released on Jan 4, 2010 **





*** IMPORTANT NOTE:** Grant applications must be submitted electronically to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges through the Online Grants Management System (OGMS). You may **not** submit your grant application using these forms. These PDFs are for informational purposes only. See grant Guidelines for details on how to submit. * **Grants funds will move from the SBCTC to the college -- __not__ directly to the grant participan t. **How the college and the grant participant arrange for release time, stipends or some other arrangement is a local discussion and may be governed by local bargaining agreements. SBCTC will __not__ be involved in those local discussions. Blog posts on **Grant Budget Questions** (Open Course Library / All "Student Completion Initiative" Grants)


 * < **Grants** ||< **Guidelines** ||
 * < [[file:ADA Disability Director Grant.pdf]] ||< [[file:Guidelines_ADA_DISABILITY_DIRECTOR.pdf]] ||
 * < [[file:Faculty Course Designer Grant.pdf]] ||< [[file:Guidelines_FACULTY_COURSE_DESIGNER.pdf]] ||
 * < [[file:Institutional Researchers Grant.pdf]] ||< [[file:Guidelines_INSTITUTIONAL_RESEARCHER.pdf]] ||
 * < [[file:Instructional Designers Grant.pdf]] ||< [[file:Guidelines_INSTRUCTIONAL_DESIGNER.pdf]] ||
 * < [[file:Librarian Grant.pdf]] ||< [[file:Guidelines_LIBRARIAN.pdf]] ||
 * < [[file:Multicultural Grant.pdf]] ||< [[file:Guidelines_MULTICULTURAL.pdf]] ||

Grant Information:

 * New Grant Discussion Space
 * SBCTC web page **on projects**
 * "Town Hall" Meetings **(Nov - Dec 2009) - session archives available.**


 * Gates Foundation Press Release
 * Grant Executive Summary [[file:Gates Grant Exec Summary.docx]]
 * Gates Grant Proposal[[file:Washington State Student Completion Initiative final 7-17-09.pdf]]
 * Grant Timeline
 * 81 Courses[[file:81 courses.pdf]]
 * One Page Handout (5-2-10) [[file:Open Course Library Summary (5-2-10).doc]]
 * One Page Handout **(for Faculty)[[file:Open Course Library Faculty One Pager 11-8-09.docx]]**
 * Summary to the Instruction Commission **(11-09) [[file:Final to IC Nov 09.doc]]**

Project Information:

 * What this project is
 * What this project is not
 * Project Goals
 * Project Budget
 * Project Invoicing
 * How will the grant funds be distributed?
 * Project Timeline
 * Project Team Members
 * Grant Application **(coming in Jan, 2010)**
 * Grant Selection Criteria & Selection Teams
 * Open Educational Resources - what are they?
 * Who will own the 81 Courses?
 * How will the courses be shared?
 * Project Management
 * What will grant participants do?
 * How will this project affect WAOL System Shared Courses?

Note: **No need to "sign up" to be a member of this wiki. It is open for the world to view.**

Contact: Dr. Cable Green, Director of eLearning and Open Education, SBCTC