Openness UMN (University of Minnesota)

Why Openness Will Benefit the University

of Minnesota?

Visit the Open Education Conference 2012 http://openedconference.org/2012/

“Openness”

https://www.lib.umn.edu/scholcom

“Thanks to the CALPIRG, ConnPIRG, MaryPIRG, MASSPIRG, WashPIRG, and WISPIRG students who took action to pass this bill, professors now have all the information they need to consider cost on behalf of students”

Campaign Strategies

Organize Professors

Public Awareness

Policies

Saving Money

In the Works!

Passing of Resolutions – Supporting Open Textbooks (http://z.umn.edu/otres) and Open Access (

http://z.umn.edu/oares)

Create an Open Education Task Group (Sign Up Sheet) – http://z.umn.edu/openedtaskforce

Work with Administrators and Legislators to Increase Support

Pursue Open Policies Following The Example of Washington State and California

Advocate for a More Open Campus

Related GAPSA Projects

Open Ideas (http://z.umn.edu/oires)

Open Innovation (Collaborating with CIL)

Open Government (Modifications to Administrative Procedures)

Open Courses