An Expectation of Sharing
Guidelines for Effective Policies to Respect, Protect and Increase the Use of Digital Educational Resources

Publication March 2010 | 10 pages | (10T02)
Cover: An Expectation of Sharing: Guidelines for Effective Policies to Respect, Protect and Increase the Use of Digital Educational Resources. SREB Educational Technology Cooperative, March 2010

To realize the educational impact from the substantial investments SREB states have made in digital content, SREB recommends that electronic educational resources created with public funding be licensed to provide as high a level of potential for sharing as possible, both within and outside the state. These guidelines can help state-level administrators and policy-makers (as funders of digital educational resource development) establish policies, practices, statutes and regulations that increase sharing and maximize returns on investments in digital education resources.