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"Aug 2, 2013"

"The 'basic skills' of literacy and numeracy are among the most fundamental attributes of human beings and their civilization, lying at the root of our capacity to communicate and live and work together, to develop and share knowledge, science and culture. Their contribution to workforce skills have increasingly been recognized as critical to economic success, while evidence on gaps in adult basic skills and the link with economic and social outcomes has also been growing, both at national and international level (e.g. International Survey of Adult Skills of 1994-98 and Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey of 2003-2007). Most tellingly, there has been a belated realization that despite universal basic education in advanced countries, some adults have slipped through the net, leaving them with very weak literacy and numeracy. All of these factors underline the importance of the OECD's new international Survey of Adult Skills."

"Add your particular expertise to the wider community. Create open education resources (on your own, or with others) with our publishing tool: Open Author. Open Author helps you build OER, lesson plans, and courses-and then publish them, to the benefit of educators and learners everywhere. Learn more about Open Author and get started. Start Authoring "

"High School 21+ is a competency-based high school equivalency program for adult learners 21 and older who do not have a high school diploma or equivalency. "

"Open Educational Resources Open content for higher education"

TASC Summary Report

David Wiley's summary of components of openness of an educational resource, and a framework to contemplate if technical choices are hampering openness goals