We define OER policies as legislation, institutional policies, and/or funder mandates that lead to the creation, increased use, and/or support for improving OER. This registry is not a list of open projects, terms of use, or a registry of open access policies.
We have begun to enter OER policies into the registry, but we need your help to make it a truly useful global resource. Sharing our collective knowledge of existing OER policies, in the same way we believe in sharing educational resources, will help advocates and policymakers further open policies worldwide.
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| Country |
Jurisdiction |
Tags |
Status |
Policy |
Date |
|---|
| Argentina |
National |
Intellectual Property |
Current |
Gleducar policy |
2010/01/01 |
| Australia |
Institution - Tertiary |
|
|
University of Canberra Proposed Policy on Intellectual Property |
2011/07/31 |
| Australia |
National |
|
Current |
AUSGoal - Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework |
2011 |
| Brazil |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
Brazil |
Proposed |
Projeto de Lei REA do Estado de São Paulo |
2012/12/20 |
| Brazil |
National |
Bill
Draft law
Brazil |
Proposed |
Projeto de lei REA será analisado na Câmara |
2011/06/09 |
| China |
National |
informization |
Current |
Decade Plan on Development of Education Informatization from 2011 to 2020 (教育信息化十年发展规划 2011-2020) |
2012/03/01 |
| China |
National |
|
Current |
Establishment of National Open University (国家开放大学) |
2012/07/01 |
| China |
National |
|
Current |
Chinese Quality Open Course Project (国家精品开放课程计划) |
2011/11/01 |
| China |
National |
|
Current |
Construction of Internet shared courses (精品资源共享课) |
2012/06/01 |
| Colombia |
Institution - Tertiary |
Acceso
abierto
repositorio
institucional
biblioteca
Colombia |
Current |
Resolución 001 de 2011 |
2011/01/01 |
| España |
Global
National
Institution - Primary
Institution - Secondary |
Educación
Lengua
Matemáticas |
Current |
Recursos educativos para enseñanza presencial |
2012/10/10 |
| España |
Global
Institution - Primary
Institution - Secondary |
Guía profesores |
Current |
Publicación de una guía para la creación de recursos educativos abiertos |
2012/10/10 |
| España |
National
Institution - Primary
Institution - Secondary |
Eduation
free software
share |
Current |
CeDeC |
2012/10/10 |
| France |
Institution - Tertiary |
|
Current |
ParisTech Charter of Open Courseware and Licensing Practices |
2007/03/21 |
| Ghana |
Institution - Tertiary |
|
|
Policy for development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) - KNUST |
2011/05/11 |
| Hungary |
National |
|
Current |
Apertus Nonprofit Kft. – Szakmai koncepció |
|
| Indonesia |
Global |
Open educational resources |
Current |
Global List of OER Initiatives: Indonisia Open University - TERBUKA |
|
| Indonesia |
National |
|
Current |
Higher Education Law |
|
| Lithuania |
National |
|
Current |
Provisions of the National Education Strategy 2003-2012 |
2003/10/01 |
| Mauritius |
National |
education |
Current |
Education and Human Resources Strategy Plan 2008-2020 |
2009/10/01 |
| Mexico |
Institution - Tertiary |
UNAM
educacion abierta
educacion a distancia |
|
Normativa Académica de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Sistema Universidad Abierta y Educación a Distancia |
2009 |
| Mexico |
National |
educacion abierta
educacion a distancia
ESAD
normas de control escolar |
|
Normas de Control Escolar, Aplicables a losServicios Educativos del Tipo Superior que Imparte la Subsecretaría de EducaciónSuperior, en la modalidad no escolarizada (abierta y a distancia) |
2010/01/01 |
| Netherlands |
National |
|
Current |
Program Plan: Wikiwijs 2011 – 2013 |
2011/05/19 |
| New Zealand |
Institution - Tertiary |
|
Current |
Otago Polytechnic Intellectual Property Policy |
June 2008 |
| New Zealand |
Institution - Secondary |
education |
Current |
Creative Commons Policy |
|
| New Zealand |
National |
education
government |
Current |
NZGOAL The New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing Framework |
2010/07/05 |
| Poland |
National |
government
education
k12 |
Current |
Cyfrowa szkoła (Digital School) |
2012/04/03 |
| South Africa |
National |
government |
Proposed |
Draft Policy Framework for the Provision of Distance Education in South African Universities (pdf) |
2012/06/28 |
| South Africa |
Institution - Primary |
|
|
A Free Content and Free and Open Courseware implementation strategy for the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) |
2005 |
| USA |
System |
higher-ed |
Proposed |
Virginia Community College System - Amendment to Higher Education Budget to Support OER |
2014/01/16 |
| United Kingdom |
National |
|
Current |
Introduction to the UK Government Licensing Framework |
2011/07/29 |
| United Kingdom |
National |
open access
funding
open source |
Current |
JISC Terms and conditions of funding annex to JISC Grant and Contract Letters for Projects |
2011/12/16 |
| United Kingdom |
Institution - Tertiary |
|
|
Summary of UK HEI OER Policies from SCORE workshop, 2012 |
2012/05/04 |
| United Kingdom |
Institution - Tertiary |
metadata
intellectual property
learning objects
repository |
Current |
Operational policies for Leeds Metropolitan University institutional repository |
|
| United Kingdom |
|
university |
Current |
University of Leeds Open Educational Resources guidance |
2012/12/19 |
| United Kingdom |
National |
|
Current |
Policies and Statements of the Open University |
|
| United States |
Province / State |
government
open access |
Proposed |
S.B.1900 Illinois Open Access to Research Articles Act |
2013/02/15 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
New York |
|
A.09162 An act to establish the taxpayer access to publicly funded research act |
2012/01/31 |
| United States |
National |
National Training & Education Resource |
Current |
Terms of Service - NTER Learning Portal |
2012/07/01 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
New Hampshire |
|
H.B.418 relative to the use of open source software and open data formats by state agencies and relative to the adoption of a statewide information policy regarding open government data standards. |
2011/01/06 |
| United States |
Province / State |
open textbooks
libraries
OER |
Proposed |
HB 1777 Virginia Open Education Resources Council; established |
2013/01/08 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law |
Current |
H.B. 1946 - Regarding higher education online technology. |
2009/04/16 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
Texas |
|
H.B.6 Instructional Materials Allotment |
2011/09/01 |
| United States |
Province / State |
OER Council
Open Textbooks |
Proposed |
Virginia Open Education Resources Council and the Virginia Digital Open Source Textbook Library |
2013/01/09 |
| United States |
National |
TAACCCT
DOL
Dept. Labor
Dept. Education
CC BY |
Current |
Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant program |
2010/03/30 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law |
Current |
H.B. 1025 - Requiring disclosure of certain information relating to higher education course materials. |
2009/07/26 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law |
|
H.B.1941 Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretaries of Administration and Technology to establish |
2009/04/08 |
| United States |
National |
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
public access
data
research
publications |
Current |
OSTP Directive on Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research |
2013/02/22 |
| United States |
National |
Dept. Education
CC BY |
Current |
Comprehensive Centers Program: Final Priorities, Requirements, and Selection Criteria |
2012/06/06 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft Law
Washington State |
Proposed |
S.B. 6460 Requiring a model policy for open licensing of courseware developed with state funds. |
2012/01/24 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft Law |
Current |
H.B. 2337 Regarding open educational resources in K-12 education. |
2012/01/11 |
| United States |
National |
Bill
Draft law |
Proposed |
H.R.4575 Open College Textbook Act of 2010 |
2010/02/01 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
California |
Proposed |
S.B.1053 California Digital Open Source Library |
2012/02/08 |
| United States |
Province / State |
|
Current |
S.B. 1052 An act to amend Sections 67302 and 67302.5 of, and to add Section 66409 to, the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. |
2012/08/31 |
| United States |
National |
government
education
post-secondary |
Current |
Applications for New Awards; Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP), 78 FR 25717 |
2013/05/02 |
| United States |
National |
Textbooks
Colleges
Bill
Draft Law |
Proposed |
S. 1714 Open College Textbook Act of 2009 |
2009/09/23 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft Law
Texas |
Proposed |
H.B.2488 Relating to open-source textbooks and other instructional materials for public schools. |
2009/06/19 |
| United States |
Province / State |
OER
government |
Proposed |
HB 3239: Open College Textbook Act |
2013/02/26 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft Law
Washington State |
Proposed |
S.B. 6231 Relating to open educational resources in K-12 education |
2012/01/16 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
Virginia |
|
H.B.1940 Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund |
2009/01/14 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law |
|
H.R. 1464 Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) |
2009/03/12 |
| United States |
Province / State |
higher-ed
education
california |
Current |
Open Licensing for Chancellor's Office Grants |
2013/09/09 |
| United States |
System |
Guide |
|
An Expectation of Sharing. Guidelines for Effective Policies to Respect, Protect and Increase the Use of Digital Educational Resources |
2010/03/01 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Law
California |
Current |
S.B.1052 California Open Education Resources Council |
2012/09/27 |
| United States |
National |
K-12 |
Proposed |
H.R. 521 Transforming Education Through Technology Act |
2013/02/05 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
Maine |
Current |
L.D.569 An Act To Support and Encourage the Use of Online Textbooks |
2011/06/06 |
| United States |
National |
Grant priority
OER
U.S. Department of Education |
Current |
Supplemental Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs for U.S. Department of Education, 75 FR 78486 |
2010/12/15 |
| United States |
Province / State |
OER
open educational resources
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY
Minnesota |
Proposed |
H.F. 789 |
2013/02/21 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Passed
Oregon |
Current |
H.B.4058A Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group to study strategies for and make recommendations on reducing higher education textbook costs. |
2012/01/01 |
| United States |
National |
|
Current |
Solicitation for Grant Applications |
2011/01/01 |
| United States |
System |
|
Current |
SBCTC Open Policy Open Licensing on Competitive Grants |
2010-07-01 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft Law
Washington State |
Proposed |
H.B. 2336 Requiring a model policy for open licensing of courseware developed with state funds. |
2012/01/11 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Public postsecondary education: California Digital Open |
Current |
S.B. 1053 Creates the California Open Source Digital Library |
2012/09/27 |
| United States |
National |
|
Proposed |
Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria: Supporting Effective Educator Development |
2013/02/11 |
| United States |
National |
bill
draft law |
Proposed |
S.1087 Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2013 |
2013/06/04 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
California |
|
A.B. 577 Open Education Resource Centers |
2007/02/21 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Minnesota |
Proposed |
Minnesota S.F. 824 - Establishing the Open Educational Resource Council |
2013/02/28 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Georgia
K-12
GAVS |
Proposed |
Georgia Virtual Learning OER terms of use |
2001/12/08 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Curriculum
Utah |
|
Rule R277-111 Sharing of Curriculum Materials by Public School Educators |
2009/11/13 |
| United States |
National |
government
open access |
Proposed |
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) |
2013/02/14 |
| United States |
National |
Act
Senate
Education
Labor and Pensions
House Education
Labor |
|
H.R. 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 |
2009/09/17 |
| United States |
Province / State |
Bill
Draft law
Florida |
Proposed |
H.B.5201 Postsecondary Education Funding |
2010/07/01 |
| United States of America |
National |
textbooks
colleges
bill
draft law |
Proposed |
Affordable College Textbook Act of 2013 |
2013/11/14 |
| Wales |
National |
|
Current |
The Wales Open Education Declaration of Intent |
2013/09/20 |
