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"talk by Hal Plotkin, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Education in the United States Department of Education. The title of his talk was "Meeting President Obama's 2020 College Graduation Goal - The Role of Open Educational Resources," but his focus was actually on how to foster a culture of sharing among academics, including the very important role that government policymaking has to play. "

"So what does all this mean for long term plans for Open Education at NYU? Our objective is to become the first university to deploy 21st‐century technology to reinvent the 19th century tutorial model--on a global scale, to boot. NYU is one of a number of universities who are seeking to develop portal campuses around the world. While providing free course content to the global community--including translations into key languages--enhanced versions of this material will also facilitate intercontinental, within-NYU shared learning opportunities to our registered students."

The $300,000, three-year grant will support a faculty-led project to create new opportunities for Bennington's visual and performing arts faculty to collaboratively develop curriculum that uses new technology, with the support of visiting artist-technologists who will teach and train faculty and students together in an open environment of artistic and intellectual exchange.