Developments advancing Open Educational Resources (OER) can and will impact many publishing programs
With Jay Diskey, Diskey Public Affairs LLC
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A set of laws coming into force in Texas may move the state — and the publishers that sell into the Texas market – closer than ever to an OER field of play. 2017 legislation from Austin requires information about “cost savings” from OER; doubles state funding for OER development; and encourages professors to put OER materials in their classrooms.
In Washington just weeks ago, Congress followed suit, authorizing an “open textbook grant program.”
Recently, Jay Diskey, a leading policy consultant in education, publishing and technology shared with CCC’s Chris Kenneally how developments advancing Open Educational Resources (OER) can and will impact many publishing programs – and he outlined what publishers can do to respond
Jay Diskey is principal of Diskey Public Affairs LLC, which provides communications and government relations services in the policy areas of education, publishing, and technology. Prior to launching Diskey Public Affairs in 2017, Diskey served as executive director of the Association of American Publishers PreK-12 education division. Earlier, he held senior communications positions in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.
